Puttu and Channa Masala

This is one of my favorite breakfast item, however during working days I never get time to prepare this in morning. So we generally have it either on weekends for breakfast or mostly for dinner. 

Ingredients

Channa (Gorbanzo Beans) - 2 Cups

Onion - 1 Cup sliced

Tomato - 2 cut into small pieces

Green Chillies - 4

Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Cloves - 2

Bay leaves - 1

Cinnamon  - 2 (1 inch sticks)

Chilly Powder - 1 teaspoon

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon

Garam Masala - 1 teaspoon

Coconut milk - 2 tablespoons thick milk

Oil - 3 tablespoon

Curry leaves - 5

Salt - to taste

Method

Soak channa in water overnight or for 4 to 5 hours. Cook it with 2 cups of water and salt in pressure cooker until 6 to 7 whistles. Allow it to cool. Heat a cooking pan and add oil. When oil is hot add the spices and allow it to be roasted. Add the sliced onion pieces and fry it until in turns golden. Add green chillies and curry leaves and fry for 1 more minute . Add the chopped tomatoes and saute the mix. Smash the tomato pieces with the spoon and continue cooking until the mix starts leaving from the sides of the pan. Open the pressure cooker and add the water from channa to this mix and allow it to boil. Add channa and cook till the gravy becomes medium thick . Add 2 tablespoons of coconut milk and cook for 1 more minute. Remove from heat and server hot with puri/chappathi/puttu.

I had it along with puttu. I generally make wheat puttu and believe me, its tastes better than the white one. I used the readymade puttu mix from kerala store.