Which punjabi dish would you recommend for me to try?!


Question: Which punjabi dish would you recommend for me to try!?
When you give your suggestion, could you give the recipe so I can start cooking it!? Thanks!. (Please give a rating of how hot/spicy it is, one star = mild, 5 star = your tongue dissolves)Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
This is a very traditional Punjabi dish a dish that uses a lot of the typical seasonings!. It is hard for me to give heat ratings as I have eaten spicy all my life and generally order it as hot as it comes in a restaurant and then tweak it to suit my tastes!.


Khatta Channa


Ingredients
100 g black channa, washed and soaked in plenty of water,overnight (black chickpeas, NOT white chickpeas)
2 tablespoons pure wesson canola oil
1/4 teaspoon asafetida powder
1/4 teaspoon ground fenugreek
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
salt
1 tablespoon gram flour
1/2 cup tamarind juice
2 1/2-3 cups water
1 tablespoon mango powder (amchur)
Directions
1Soak the black channa overnight in a large bowl with lots of water!.
2The water level should be atleast 3 inches above the level of the black channa{chickpeas}!.
3The next morning, drain out the water completely and wash the channa in a bowl of fresh and clean water!.
4Now, put the washed channa in a large pot!.
5Add water{should be 2-3 inches over the level of the chickpeas}!.
6Boil the chickpeas on high heat!.
7Heat oil in a pot!.
8Add asafoetida, fenugreek, corriander, turmeric and red chilli powders with salt to taste!.
9Mix well and stir-fry for a few seconds!.
10Prepare tamarind water by dissolving a lemon-sized piece of tamarind in 1/2 cup of HOT water!.
11Squeeze the tamarind ball really hard to let its juices flow into the water!.
12Pass this through a strainer and into a bowl!.
13Your tamarind water is ready!.
14In a bowl, dissolve the gramflour in 3 tbsps!.
15of water!.
16Mix this really well ensuring that no lumps remain!.
17Add this mixture and the tamarind water to the pot containing all the spice powders{masalas}!.
18Stir well and bring to a boil!.
19Lower flame, add the boiled chickpeas, dry mango powder and 2 1/2- 3 cups of water!.
20Boil for 10-15 minutes on medium flame!.
21Remove from flame!.
22Serve hot over a bowl of white long-grain Basmati rice!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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