Shweta, this one is for you so that you can cook it for Rahul and make him happy!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup kabuli chana or chick peas or garbanzo beans
- 2 tbs oil
- 1tbs ginger cut into juliennes
- 1 chopped green chilli
- 1 tbs coriander powder
- 1 tsp roasted jeera powder
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp chaat masala
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- salt to taste
- chopped coriander, onion rings, and 1 green chilli for garnishing.
Method:
Soak the chana for about 6 hours and then add a little salt and pressure cook it. I usually pressure cook it for 15 mins on sim after the initial 2 whistles. Drain out the water from cooked chana, but don't throw it. Put oil in a kadhai and after it gets hot add ginger, coriander & jeera powder, chopped green chilli, chaat masala, garam masala, chilli powder and boiled chana. Mix everything well and cover and cook it on sim for 5 mins. Add salt only if necessary. Sprinkle some of the drained chana water if it seems too dry. If you like them a little more tangy, you may add a little amchur powder. Garnish the chana with onion rings, coriander and green chilli and serve it with nice hot puris.
2 comments:
if i'm not mistaken, adding some tea bags in water while soaking the chana overnight will get the typical punjabi colour. make sure to remove the tea bags before pressure cooking... right?
Some people do that but I don't. To get that blackish color i put dry ground anaardana/ pomogranate seeds and tamarind paste. Believe me chole come out very well using the above ingredients.
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