To Be Blended Into A Smooth Onion Paste

3/4 cup roughly chopped onion

1/2 tbsp roughly chopped garlic (lehsun)

1 tsp roughly chopped ginger (adrak)

To Be Blended Into A Smooth Tomato Paste

3/4 cup roughly chopped tomato

1 tsp roughly chopped green chillies

1 whole dry Kashmiri red chilli , broken into pieces

Other Ingredients For Methi Chole

2 cups finely chopped fenugreek leaves (methi) leaves

2 cups soaked kabuli chana (white chick peas)

2 tbsp chana dal (split Bengal gram)

a pinch of baking soda

salt to taste

3 tbsp oil

2 clove (laung / lavang)

2 cardamom (elaichi)

2 bay leaf (tejpatta)

2 small sticks cinnamon (dalchini)

1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp coriander (dhania) powder

a pinch of asafoetida (hing)

1/2 tsp dried mango powder (amchur)

1/2 tsp garam masala

2 tsp sugar

2 tbsp fresh cream