Chana Masala - Zayka Ka Tadka

Ingredients

• Kabuli chana/ chickpeas - 200 grams
• Onions/ pyaz finely chopped - 2 medium
• Tomato/ tamatar finely chopped - 2 medium
• Green chillies/ hari mirch - 1 or 2 finely chopped
• Ginger/ adarak an inch piece - crushed
• Garlic/ lehsun - 5-6 cloves either crushed or chopped
• Soda bicarbonate - 1/2 teaspoon
• Bay leaves/ tej patta - 2
• Jeera/ cumin - 1 teaspoon
• Hing/ asafoetida - 2 pinches
• Red chilli/ lal mirch powder as preferred
• Ciba chana masala - 2 teaspoons
• Oil/tel - 3 tablespoons
• Tamarind/ imly pulp - 2 tablespoons
• Salt/ namak as per taste
• Kasoori methi - 2 tablespoons