Chole
Chole made from chick peas is a spicy Punjabi dish cooked in tomato-onion gravy. It is generally eaten with bhatura (large puris). It can also be eaten with jira rice.
Ingredients:
Chole
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Chick Peas
- 2 Medium Onions
- 2 Medium Tomatoes
- 8-10 garlic Cloves
- 2 Inch Ginger
- 1 Small Bay Leaf
- 1 1/2 Tsp Chole Masala
- 1 Tsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Cumin Powder
- 1 Tsp Red Chili Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 Cup Water
- 2 Tbsp Plain Yogurt
- 2 Tsp Sugar
- 3 Tbsp Oil
- 1/2 Tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1/4 Tsp Asafoetida
- A Pinch Of Cooking Soda
- Salt
Instructions
- Soak 1/2 cup chick peas in water for 8 hours.
- Pressure cook in a cooker ( 3-4 whistles) with pinch of cooking soda and salt. Drain the water.
- Chop onions and tomatoes in small pieces.
- Crush garlic cloves along with ginger.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, pinch of asafoetida, turmeric powder.
- When the cumin seeds stars to sputter add crushed garlic and ginger, bay leaf.
- Add onions and tomatoes together. Cooking them together makes a nice gravy.
- Add salt and 2 tsp sugar. Cook it in its own juices without water over a low flame for 10 minutes.
- After it cooks add chole masala , coriander powder, cumin powder and red chili powder. Saute it for a minute.
- Add cooked chole.
- Add water and simmer it for 10 minutes on low heat.
- Turn the flame off. Now add 2 tbsp beaten smooth plain yogurt and mix.
- Turn the heat on and simmer it for 5 minutes.
Notes
Use kashmiri chili powder as it adds a nice colour.
While adding curd turn off the flame as the heat can curdle the yogurt.