Kala Chana Recipe (Black Chickpeas Curry)

• 1 cupkala chana (black/brown chickpeas)
• 2 tbspoil — or ghee
• ½ tspcumin seeds
• 1 cuponions — finely chopped or processed, 1
• 1green chilli — chopped, optional
• 1½ tspginger garlic paste — or ginger or garlic cloves
• 1 cuptomatoes — chopped or pureed, 2–3
• ¾–1 tspsalt
• ½ tspred chilli powder
• ½–¾ tspgaram masala
• 1½ tspcoriander powder — ground
• ¼ tspturmeric
• 2–3 cupswater — general preparation, for instant pot
• 2 tbspcoriander leaves — fresh
• 1small lemon — optional

Optional

• 1 tbspghee
• 1 tspkasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
• ½ inchginger — julienned