Chettinad Channa Khorma

Ingredients 

Channa -200 gms
Onions -125 gms
tomatoes -75 gms
green chillies-3 nos
whole red chillies -3 nos

corriander pwd -1 tsp
ginger garlic paste -2 tsp
jeera seeds -1 tsp
cinnamon -1nos
cardamon -1nos
cloves -1nos
coconut -30 gms
pepper corns -1 tsp
curry leaves-
lemon juice - 1tsp
salt as required
oil - 3tsp

Method

Dry roast the coconut,whole garam masalas,red chillies ,jeers seeds and peppercorns and make it a fine paste
Boil the channa with out salt and drain it
Finely chop the onions and tomatoes
Heat oil in a pan add jeera seeds then curry leaves
then add the chopped onion and little salt
cook till the onion looses its colour
then add the ginger garlic paste cook it in medium flame till the oil seperates from the ginger garlic paste

then add the tomatoes and cook it well
the add the grinded masalas

then add the boiled channa
add lemon juice
check the seasoning
adjust the consistency by adding water
Serve hot