sentence: soak the channas in water and then transfer it into the pressure cooker sentence: add in cinnamon stick bay leaf black cardamom teabags and salt sentence: close pressure cooker and allow it to whistle twice and then lower heat to cook for another 20 min sentence: once done allow the pressure to go down and then open sentence: separate the water and the channas do not discard the water sentence: in a pan heat oil on medium heat sentence: once hot add in the asafoetida and right after that add in the crushed tomatoes sentence: cook till the tomatoes separate from the oil sentence: add in the channa masala chaat masala red chilli powder dry mango powder and anardana powder sentence: add in the channas/chole and mix again sentence: add in the water that had been set aside little at a time sentence: mix occasionaly and cover and allow the channas to cook