Durban Bunny Chow In A New Avatar

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup chopped onions 🧅
• 1/2 tbsp garlic, chopped
• 1 tsp ginger, chopped
• 3/4 cup tomatoes
• 1 green chilli chopped
• 1 dry red chilli, chopped
• 1 cup soaked kabuli chana
• 1 cup fresh methi leaves, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp chana dal
• 1 pinch cooking soda
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 clove
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 cardamom
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp fresh cream or malai
• 1 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 tbsp spring onion whites, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp spring onion greens, finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp chole masala
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 tsp chat masala
• 1/2 tsp dried mango powder
• 2 tbsp spring onion greens, finely chopped
• Salt to taste
• 2 white bread burger buns
• Spring onions whites + greens to garnish

Steps

1. Combien kabuli chana, chana dal, a pinch of soda & salt in a pressure cooker. Add 1 cup water & pressure cook for 4 whistles. Allow the steam to escape before opening the pressure cooker.
2. Take oil in a pan, add cumin seeds,when they splutter add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf & cardamom & saute for 30 seconds.
3. Add onion paste and saute for 5 – 7 minutes. Add tomato puree, turmeric, red chilli powders, asafoetida, garam masala, chole masala & dried mango powder, cook for 5 minutes on a slow flame 🔥 stirring occasionally.
4. Add chopped methi leaves, spring onion whites & cook for 3 minutes.
5. Add boiled chole along with water, spring onion greens, salt, sugar & cook for 5 – 7 minutes & till chole thickens a little. The chole should be of thick consistency.
6. How to assemble: Take a burger bun on the table top. This is known as 'Government Sandwich Bun Loaf ' in South Africa.
7. Using a sharp knife, cut out most of the soft bread from inside leaving a thick wall & bottom. The bun will be hollow now. Keep the removed soft bread a side.
8. Ladle the curry into the hollow & put back the soft bread you removed on the top. You could use this bread to eat the curry as "this is ALWAYS eaten with hands".
9. Note: Actually any type of curry (vegetarian / non vegetarian) goes into a Durban Bunny Chow, it depends on the cook & your tastes !