Chola Masala

Ingredients
1 cup chick pea/chola/kabuli channa soaked over night
½ cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 Potato
1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
3 cloves
1 cardamom
5-6 whole Back pepper
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 tablespoon Amchur powder
1/2 tablespoon garam masala powder
1 tablespoon chola masala powder
1/2 teaspoon of red chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1 green chilli finely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves
1 tablespoon ghee/butter
Salt to taste
Cooking Process:-
Boil the chola and potato till its soft. Heat ghee in a large saucepan, add garlic, onions and sauté until the onions are soft and tender. Add the chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, mango powder, garam masala powder and saute until the tomatoes are well cooked and have become soft, almost like a sauce/paste and now add green chillies. Add the cooked chola, kala namak, salt, 1 cup of water and stir along with the above masala. add mashed potato. Grind cloves, black pepper and cardamom together and add this powder in chola. Simmer for 30 minutes. Keep stirring occasionally. now add chola masala powder. The longer you simmer the better the spices get absorbed into the chola. Now turn off heat and add lemon juiceand garnish with chopped coriander.