Channa Batura

Serves:	2
Recipe Type:	Veg.
Preparation Time:	60 M
Cooking Time:	30 M
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• For Batura:
• 2 cups All purpose flour (Maida)
• 1 cup Milk
• ½ cup Curd
• ½ tsp Baking Powder
• 2 tsp Sugar
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying
• For Channa:
• 1 cup Chick Peas (Kabuli Kadala)
• 1 Onion (large chopped)
• 1 Tomato (chopped)
• 2 nos Green Chillies (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic Paste
• 1 tsp Chilly Powder
• 2 tsp Coriander Powder
• ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (Jeerakam)
• Spices 2 each
• ¼ cup Oil
• Coriander Leaves for garnishing
• Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions:

• For making Batura:
• Blend (mix) all the ingredients together for making batura.
• Mold them together to make a smooth dough.
• Set them aside for atleast an hour.
• Make some medium sized balls from the dough.
• Roll them to thick big poories.
• Deep fry them in oil for sometime.
• For making channa:
• Wet the channa overnight.
• Pressure cook it, till cooked well.
• Grind onion and make a smooth paste.
• In a pan heat oil, and add the cumin seeds, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon.
• Add the onion paste and ginger-garlic paste and sauté well, till the oil starts to separate.
• Add all powders and salt and saute them for few seconds.
• Add green chillies and tomatoes and saute, till the tomatoes blend well.
• Add the cooked channa and stir them well.
• Bring it to a boil till the gravy thickens.
• Garnish it with some coriander leaves.

Suggestions:

• Goes great with hot puris.