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Green garbanzo beans or hara chana are in season now. I had read about hare chane ka nimona on Sangeeta Khanna's banaras ka khana blog.I felt, that, this nimona needed one try by me .
Ingredients : 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp green chana, 2 medium potatoes,1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp dhania seeds, 5-6 peppercorns, 1 small bay leaf, 1 tsp grated ginger. 1-2 green chillies, 1 tbsp oil,1/2 tsp haldi, salt to taste.
Method : Pressure cook the pototoes. After they cool, peel them & cube them. Keep aside.
Grind bay leaf, peppercorns, dhania seeds, cumin seeds into a powder. Keep aside.
Make a paste of 1/tbsp green chana, chopped green chillies & grated ginger.Keep aside.
In a kadhai , take oil.Heat it. Put 1/2 tsp cumin seeds .After they crackle, add the cubed & peeled potatoes followed by green chana .Add haldi & saute all nicely.Add the ground masala powder.Fry for a minute till it gets aromatic.Add the ground paste .Fry all nicely so that masala & paste is coating the green chana & cubed potatoes.Let it fry for 3-4 minutes. Throughout the kadhai cooking, keep gas on slow mode.Add a cup of water .Add salt.Pressure cook for 1 -3 whsitles .Put off gas.
Serve hara chana nimona with rice and rotis.
Note : This nimona turned out watery as I added more water ( more than 1 cup, I learned after I saw that the content was watery ).I should have made paste of 1/4 cup hara chana ( & not 1 tbsp hara chana ) with ginger & green chillies .The spiciness was just fine.So , if more spice is needed, simply increase the amout of red or green chillies & pepper & ginger. Alos ,I need to have added just one boiled , peeled & cubed potato instead of two.
Ingredients : 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp green chana, 2 medium potatoes,1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp dhania seeds, 5-6 peppercorns, 1 small bay leaf, 1 tsp grated ginger. 1-2 green chillies, 1 tbsp oil,1/2 tsp haldi, salt to taste.
Method : Pressure cook the pototoes. After they cool, peel them & cube them. Keep aside.
Grind bay leaf, peppercorns, dhania seeds, cumin seeds into a powder. Keep aside.
Make a paste of 1/tbsp green chana, chopped green chillies & grated ginger.Keep aside.
In a kadhai , take oil.Heat it. Put 1/2 tsp cumin seeds .After they crackle, add the cubed & peeled potatoes followed by green chana .Add haldi & saute all nicely.Add the ground masala powder.Fry for a minute till it gets aromatic.Add the ground paste .Fry all nicely so that masala & paste is coating the green chana & cubed potatoes.Let it fry for 3-4 minutes. Throughout the kadhai cooking, keep gas on slow mode.Add a cup of water .Add salt.Pressure cook for 1 -3 whsitles .Put off gas.
Serve hara chana nimona with rice and rotis.
Note : This nimona turned out watery as I added more water ( more than 1 cup, I learned after I saw that the content was watery ).I should have made paste of 1/4 cup hara chana ( & not 1 tbsp hara chana ) with ginger & green chillies .The spiciness was just fine.So , if more spice is needed, simply increase the amout of red or green chillies & pepper & ginger. Alos ,I need to have added just one boiled , peeled & cubed potato instead of two.
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