Kala Chana Koliwada/Black Chickpeas Koliwada

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Black Chickpeas or Kala Chana
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 2-3 tbsp thick Curd
• 1-2 tbsp Oil
• 1/4 cup Rice flour
• 1/2 cup Gram flour or Besan
• 3-4 cups Oil
• 10-12 whole cloves of Garlic
• 7-8 Green Chillies
• 1-2 thinly sliced Onions

Steps

1. First of all, parboil the soaked and drained black chickpeas. Pressure cook for best results. Let them cool down before proceeding with the rest of the recipe.
2. Add all the spices to a bowl along with the mustard oil. And finally toss in the kala chana or the black chickpeas. Top it up with both the flours too. Mix well using water as required. Do not use much of it though.
3. Heat oil for frying on a medium high. Fry the chana that's been marinated for almost half an hour. Fry until crisp and done. In the same oil just before winding up the cooking, add garlic cloves and the whole green chillies for frying.
4. Slice onions as well. Now top it up with raw onions and fried garlic cloves and green chillies. That's it. Serve it straight away. Enjoy!