channay(gram salad) chat

Today I am thinking to share something from my kitchen. my sister helped me in making this salad and I am really thankful to her. It is the most popular salad in India. It is delicious as well as healthy.

GRAM SALAD

Very simple ingredients are used in it.

INGREDIENTS: 

1. GRAMS                                   3 CUPS
2. ONIONS                                  3(NORMAL SIZE) DICED 
3. TOMATO                                3 (DICED)
4. POTATOES                             5 (DICED) BOILED
5. IMLI SAUCE  (tamarind)              PER TASTE
6. CHAT MASLA (spice)                  PER TASTE

RECEIPE:
soak grams over night in water and 3TP salt and than boil them the next day. its a kitchen trick :) if you want to get soft and completely cooked grams.don't dry its water as it make them little harder. leave some water in it.
you can get imli sauce( tamarind sauce) from the market but if you cook it at home.you definitely fall in love with it as it is much in rich flavor than we buy from the market. I will share its receipe later or in the next post.
now the most important ingredient is chat masla. it is a specific spice which is commonly used in India for making some salads. you can easily get it from a market

now back to the simplest making of this salad. once you boiled grams and potatoes separately. Don't boil them together as both have different boiling time.now let grams cool down in its remaining water.when its cooled put diced onions,tomatoes,chat masla, and imli sauce(tamarind sauce) and lastly potatoes it and taste it.you can add chat masala and tamarind sauce according to your own taste. enjoy it!