Soak chickpea (kabuli chana) with all Whole Spices all night.
1 cup White Chickpea, 1 Cinamon stick, 1 Black Cardamom, 4 Cloves, 4 Black Pepper, 1 Bay leaf, 2 green Cardamom
Boil chickpea in same water adding salt as per taste. If using Pressure cooker, cook on Medium flame for 3 whistles and another 5 min on Slow Flame.
Trim the stems and wash the spinach thoroughly under running water. Drain well in a colander..
1 cup Spinach puree
Place a non stick pan on medium heat and pour in 1 cups water and salt, bring it to boil. Add the spinach and blanch in the salted boiling water for 2 minutes. Refresh under running water. Drain well in a colande.
salt to taste, 1 cup Spinach puree
Place the spinach in a blender jar, and grind to a fine paste.
Heat the oil and ghee (clarified butter) in a pan and add cumin seed, when the seeds crackle add asafoetida (hing) and add the chopped onions. Fry for 5 min.
1 tsp cumin seeds, 1/4 tsp Asafoetida, 4 tbsp clarified butter, 2 tbsp oil, 2 medium size chopped onions
Add ginger green chilli paste and fry for 4-5 min.
1 tbsp ginger-green chille paste
Add Turmeric powder, Red Chilli powder, Coriander and Cumin powder, Chole masala, Garam masala and mix well..
1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp Coriander powder, 1 tsp Cumin powder, 2 tsp Chole masala powder, 1 tsp Garam masala powder
Saute this mixture until oil separates (add some water in between if gravy is too dry, to prevent masalas from burning).
Add beaten Curd after, Stir and roast the masala till it is grainy and till oil separates.
1 cup Curd
Add the spinach puree and boiled chickpeas (kabuli chana) and Stir. Adjust salt as per your taste. Cover and cook for 8 minutes on medium flame.