• 250 grams black chick peas or kala chana – washed and soaked over night

List A

• 4 green cardamom pods
•  4 cloves
•  1 inch piece cinnamon
•  1 black cardamom
•  10-12 pepper corns
• A strand of mace
• A pinch of nutmeg
•  1 bay leaf
•  5-6 flakes of garlic
•  2 inch piece of ginger
• Salt as per taste

List B

• 2 small potatoes boiled and mashed
• 1 medium onion finely chopped
• 5-6 green chilies finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp each cumin and coriander seeds – roasted and powdered
• 1/2 tsp red chili powder
• 2 tbsp each fresh coriander and mint leaves finely chopped
• 1 tbsp dry kasuri methi or fenugreek leaves
• Salt as per taste
• Juice of  a lime
• 2 tbsp roasted gram flour or 2 tbsp corn flour