Recipe#11817

Title: Chana Masala

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: pmehta@cad722.intel.com (Parul Mehta) 
 Subject: Chana Masala 
 Message-ID: <2e5l8l$c2k@inews.intel.com> 
 Organization: Intel 
 References: CHMKty.AHJ.2@cs.cmu.edu 
 Date: 8 Dec 1993 22:42:28 GMT 

1 can garbanzo beans
 1 big onion very finely chopped or processed in a food processor/grinder
 1 inch piece of ginger grated
 1 clove garlic
 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
 1/2 tsp amchur powder (dried mango powder)
 1/2 tsp garam masala
 2 tbsp oil
 salt to taste
 Heat oil in a frying pan. Add chopped onions and fry until golden
 brown.  Add all the spices (except mango powder), crushed garlic
 and grated ginger to it.
 Fry for about two-three minutes. Add garbanzo beans, salt and mango
 powder. Add about 1/2 cup of water and cook on low heat for about
 15 minutes.  This will give some time for garbanzo beans to absorb
 all the spices.
 Garam Masala
 This can be bought ready made. The best way is to make it home.
 1 small stick cinnamon
 3 to 4 cloves
 4 to 5 black pepper
 1/2 tsp cummin seeds
 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
 Grind all the ingredients into powder.
 This could be very spicy for people not used to spicy food. Reduce the
 amount of cayenne pepper and garam masala as desired for less
 spicy chana.