Pindi Chole - Chole Masala with Special Spice Powder - By VahChef @ VahRehVah.com

Soak the Kabuli chana overnight, take a pressure cooker add Kabuli chana and tea bag (tea powder tied in a muslin cloth) add some water, turmeric, salt and cook this till chana is tender.

In a bowl add Anar Dana, cardamom, nut meg, cloves, black pepper, coriander seeds, cinnamon sticks, maize, cumin seeds, shahi jeera, ajwain, slowly dry roast these ingredients, and put it into the blender and make a powder.

Heat oil in a pan add ginger garlic paste, tomato, cook this till tomatoes are soft, add brown onions, chili powder, asafoetida, sauté it for 2 minutes on a slow flame.

Add cooked kabuli chana, salt and black salt, mix it and put the lid on and let it cook for 10 minutes.

Then add tamarind juice, mix it and add kasoori methi, chopped mint, chopped coriander, cook this for 2 minutes then switch off the flame.

Serve this with puri.

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