Chole Recipe
Chole Recipe is one of the famous North Indian Punjabi dishes. This recipe goes really well with bhature, poori, paratha or rice.
Servings 4 people
Calories 339kcal
Ingredients
- 250 gms White Chickpeas / Kabuli Chana
- 3 Tomatoes roughly chopped
- 2 Onion roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste
- 3-4 Green Chilli
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder or to taste
- 2 tbsp Chole Masala Powder
- 1 tsp Anardana Powder or Amchur Powder
- 1 pcs Black Cardamom
- 1 pcs Cinnamon Stick
- 4-5 nos Cloves
- 1 tsp Dry Kasturi Methi roasted
- 2 tsp Tea
- 4 tbsp Oil
- Salt to taste
To Temper
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
- 2" Ginger Julienne
- 2-3 Green Chilli slit in between
Instructions
- Grind onion and tomato separately to make a smooth paste. Set aside.
- Add 4 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker in a medium heat.
- Add ground onion to it. Stir well.
- Add cinnamon stick, cloves and black cardamom.
- Fry onion until golden brown stirring in between.
- Add little water and keep frying so that the onion gets cooked well and develop a nice taste.
- Now add ginger-garlic paste to it and fry for few minutes.
- Now add ground tomato and salt to it.
- Keep frying this mixture until the oil separates.
- Now add coriander powder, anardana powder, chole masala powder, haldi powder and red chilli powder.
- Fry these spices for about 4-5 minutes or until the raw smell of masala goes off and the oil separates.
- Now add chole along with water as needed.
- In a separate pan add one bowl of water and let it boil.
- Once the water gets boiled add 2 tsp tea to it.
- Let the tea brew well and then strain.
- Add this water to the chole masala.
- Now close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook for about 7-8 whistle.
- Now switch off the gas and let the pressure release naturally.
- Now open the lid of pressure cooker.
- Add the roasted kasturi methi leaves and mix well.
- Now take a small tadka pan, add ghee in it.
- Add asafoetida, ginger and green chillies to it.
- Cook this tempering for 1 minute.
- Add this tadka to the chole we prepared and mix well.
- So the tasty chole recipe is ready to be served along with Bhature.
- This can also be served along with roti, rice, puri, paratha or naan.
Nutrition
Calories: 339kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 209mg | Potassium: 505mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 885IU | Vitamin C: 25.2mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 2.5mg