English: This is a Home cooked Indian Masala Curry made from black chick pea from the lentils category ,Its often eaten by indians with Indian Breads in the north, rice in the south or puffed rice in Bengali and Bihar areas of India ,It constituents as a part of main diet of Indians specially Vegetarians due to its nutrition benefits and deliciousness and easy availability .It also sold as snack food in Railways and street ,It can be easily made like any other Spicy Indian Curry , by soaking the Black chick peas overnight and then boiling it we can than use the black chick peas to create enormous other dishes but i choose to make Dry Kala chana Masala , for which we need to -

1)Heat a tablespoon of oil in a non stick pan and add cumin seeds commonly know as JEERA In India and allow it to temper in the hot oil .

2)Then we proceed to add grated ginger and garlic either normally or in a paste form in the hot oil and saute it until the raw flavour of ginger disappears .

3)Add this point we need to add the previously Boiled black chickpeas.

4)After mixing well we should proceed to add dry Indian spices like Red chilli power ,Coriander powder (known as Dhania powder in India ) ,Garam Masala Powder and Salt.(to taste and according to the quanity of Chana used.

5) We need to know stir well and let the spices get absorbed we need to add a little bit of water as I made the dry version i didnot add more than 1/3 of a cup .

6)To make it Indian Hot curry we can further add chopped green chillies while the stove is on slight heat ,and Mix very well for 5 minutes on low flame to let it well cook .

7)Garnished with tomato ,coriander leaves ,curd (my personal choice and lemon s which can be further squeezed to enhance taste . cooking time is about 20 minutes .

It can be served with practically any bread or Rice dish ,Its not a special occasion dish and can be eaten as a part of Daily diet its very tasty .As India enjoys diversity in the matters of Taste and Food ,it is called by slightly different names in different parts of the country but usually cooked in the same way .