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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in a wok. | 2. Add cardamom, cinnamom, cloves and cumin seeds. | 3. Stir fry for a minute. | 4. Add the 8 finely chopped onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies. | 5. Stir fry on medium-high flame for 20-30 minutes. | 6. till reddish-brown in colour. | 7. Add corriander powder, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. | 8. Mix well. | 9. Now add tomatoes followed by water and black pepper powder. | 10. Mix well. | 11. Continue to cook on medium-high flame for 10-15 minutes until the tomato pieces no longer remain visible to the eye. | 12. In the meantime, boil the channa in water in a pressure cooker for 10 minutes on high flame. | 13. Drain and remove from heat. | 14. Keep aside. | 15. Add salt to the tomato mixture and mix well. | 16. Add the boiled channa and mix from down towards the top very nicely ensuring that the masala is all over the channa. | 17. Add the finely sliced onions and remove from heat. | 18. Mix very well. | 19. Garnish with 4 green chillies sliced lengthwise to make 8 pieces. | 20. Spread these 8 pieces all over the top of the channa. | 21. Keep 2 halves of 1 lemon in the centre, face down on the channa. | 22. Spread a layer of cilantro on top for that extra elegant and special look and added taste. | 23. Serve the channa immediately with this. | 24. ------Forthe accompaniment---------.

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	8		chopped	512.0	119.552	14.08	1.28
onion	2		sliced	512.0	119.552	14.08	1.28
black channa overnight	2 1/2	cups	soaked	-	-	-	-
ginger	50		chopped	80.0	17.77	1.82	0.75
garlic	50		chopped	223.5	49.59	9.54	0.75
green chilies	3 -4		chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
oil	2 -3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	2 -3			-	-	-	-
clove	7 -8			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cardamom	3			18.66	4.1082	0.6456	0.402
cumin seed	1	tablespoon		22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
tomato	3		chopped	66.42	14.3541	3.2472	0.738
coriander powder	4	teaspoons	heaped	-	-	-	-
red chili powder	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
turmeric powder	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
lemon	2		sliced	2.5617	0.8233	0.0972	0.0265
cilantro			chopped	-	-	-	-
onion	2		sliced	512.0	119.552	14.08	1.28
lemon	1		cut	2.5617	0.8233	0.0972	0.0265
coriander leaf				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.