KalaChana Masala/Senagala masala snack

Ingredients:

• Black channa / Kala Channa – 1 cup (soaked whole night in water)
• Green chillies – 2 small sized (finely chopped)
• Onion – 1 medium size (finely chopped)
• Kothimeer/Cilantro - to garnish
• Dry coconut powder/fresh coconut powder – 2 tsp
• Carrot- 1 grated
• Cumin seeds /Jeera - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds/Avalu – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – few handfuls
• Oil-3 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Lemon juice-1 tbsp
• Hing – a pinch

Method:

• Boil the soaked black channa (actually they will be brown in colour), by adding little bit of salt.
• Boil them till they become soft and remove from heat and let them cool down.
• Heat a pan with some oil in it and add cumin seeds, mustard seeds curry leaves to it and let them pop up.
• Now add onions, green chillies, grated coconut, grated carrot and stir fry them with a spatula till they are cooked well.
• Add the cooked black channa to the above mixture and mix well with a spatula and let it cook for 2 – 3 min.
• Sprinkle the lemon juice on the top of it and mix well with a spatula.
• Garnish it fresh cilantro leaves.
• Kala channa masala is ready to be served hot with rice/roti or as a snack in the evening time.