Alu Chhole (Dry)

Ingredients	For 4	For 100
Small Bengal  gram	225gms	5.65kg
Soda bicarbonate	1tsp	15gms
Large cardamom	1	30gms
Cinnamon powder	½ tsp	15gms
Cumin powder	½ tsp	15gms
Pepper powder	½ tsp	15gms
Clove powder	½ tsp	15gms
Coriander powder	½ tsp	30gms
Turmeric	1/8 tsp	10gms
Chilli powder	½ tsp	15gms
Green chillies	5	115gms
Onions	55gms	1.35kg
Tomatoes	115gms	2.8kg
Potatoes	115gms	2.8kg
Fat	15gms	250gms
Pomegranate seeds	1tsp	30gms
Salt	to taste	80 – 100 gms

Wash and soak gram overnight with soda bicarbonate. Boil gram till tender. Fry sliced onion. Add spices and pomegranate seed powder. Add gram and stir lightly. The gram should be coated with spices. Add salt. Remove from fire. Boil potatoes. Peel and cut them into fingers. Serve gram in the centre, with potato fingers round and green chillies sticking up from the gram. The gram should also be garnished with sliced of tomatoes.