1. wash and soak gram overnight with soda bicarbonate .

2. Cook garam till tender .

3. Add powdered cardamom ,cinnamon ,cumin ,cloves ,pepper ,coriander and cool .

4. Heat half of the fat . Fry sliced onion,turmeric and chilli powder .

5. Add gram ,tomatoes ansd whole green chillies .

6. Continue cooking and mash gram .

7. Just before removing from the fire add tamarind juice and salt .

8.Boil potatoes and slice .

9. Fry half of the sliced sliced potatoes and add to the gram .

10 . Serve garnished with boiled and sliced potatoes and chopped coriander leaves .