Punjabi Chole

About

Chole is very famous in North Indian cuisine. It is prepared by chickpeas,onion,garlic and some roasted masala etc.

It's a famous spicy food item , which is easily accessible as a roadside food item.

How to Cook Punjabi Chole

Preparation time- 15-20 minutes

Cook time -25 minutes

Served to -4-5 person

Ingredients

. 400 gm chickpeas (overnight soaked)

. 3 medium size tomatoes purree

. 3 medium size onion(chopped)

. 8-10 garlic cloves

. 1 inch ginger

. 1 tablespoon cumin seeds

. 10-12 black pepper

. 2-3 bay leaves

. 2-3 red dry chilli

. 1 cardamom

. 1-2 cloves

. 1 tablespoon coriander powder

. 1/2 tablespoon garam masala

. 2 tablespoon oil(or as required)

. 1 tablespoon ghee

. 1 tablespoon kasoori methi

. Coriender leaves (for garnishing)

. Salt as needed

. 2 tablespoon fresh curd

Preparation

. Bring chickpeas in a pressure cooker,add 2 glass of water in it. Switch off the gas after 4-5 whistles so that chickpeas get cooked properly. After this, put the chickpeas in a pan.

. Bring 2 chopped onion , garlic and ginger in a blender. Blend properly (make a paste) ,put aside in a bowl. Now make tomato paste and put in a bowl.

. Now bring all spices ( cumin seeds, black pepper,bay leaves,red chilli, Cardamom,cloves) and roast them on griddle.Now blend all spices in blender,make powder of all roast spices.

. Now mix all Blend spices in boiled chickpeas,add coriender powder ,red chilli powder in boiled chickpeas.

.  mix spices in chickpeas properly and put them aside.

. Bring a pan add mustard oil in it, when oil gets heated up add 1 chopped onion in it.When color of onion become golden, add onion, garlic,ginger paste in it at medium flame. Stir untill color of paste become light golden or leave the surface of pan. Now add tomato paste in it ,stir for 2-3 minutes. After that add garam masala powder in it. Mix well all the stuff. Now add fresh curd in it,mix well.

. Add chickpeas mixture in it ,stir for 2 minutes.Then add kasoori methi in it.Add 1-2 glass of water and salt in it.Mix well ,cover up the pan .Cook for 10-12 minutes. Now switch off the gas, add ghee in it ,garnish with coriender leaves. Punjabi Chole is ready to be served. Served with bhature,rice or Puri.