Now in a chopper add onion and garlic pods and chop them fine. Then heat a pan, add some mustard oil. When the oil gets hot add the chopped onion and garlic. Add slit green chillies too. Fry them for a minute then add ginger-garlic paste in it. Let them fry for 2 to 3 minutes.

Then add the remaining half tomato paste too and mix it. Fry the masala for two more minutes.

Until the masala is getting fried, take a small bowl and in it add the dry masalas like turmeric powder, corriender powder, cumin powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, salt and sugar. Add little water to it and make a paste kind of consistency as shown below.

Now add this into the masala. Combine everything well and fry the masala well on a low flame until oil starts releasing.

Now add the boiled chana dal, soya chunk and lauki mixture into the masala. Add 1/4th cup of lukewarm water. Now mix everything well. Check the salt consistency at this stage. Now cover the pan and let it cook for 5 to 6 minutes on a low flame.

After 6 minutes open the lid and add chopped corriender and give it a mix. Switch off the flame. Mix chana dal is now ready to serve. It tastes best with hot phulkas.