L ove this easy peesy method of preparing chole !! That too if I am using canned boiled chick peas.. Life cant be easier than this for making authentic chole!! I have prepared this on 2 different occasions and it has come out pretty well.
RAWALPINDI CHOLEFor printable recipe , click here
INGREDIENTS:
| Boiled Chickpeas | 500 gms |
| Tomatoes | 3 Large Nos |
| Green Chillies | 1 Nos |
| Ginger Garlic Paste | 2 Tsp |
| Red Chilli Powder | 1 Tsp |
| Coriander Powder | 1/2 Tsp |
| Gram Flour( Besan) | 3- 3.5 Tblspn |
| Turmeric Powder | 1/2 Tsp |
| Chole Masala/Chana Masala | 2 Tsp |
| Chat Masala | 1 Tsp |
| Amchur Powder | 1/2-3/4th Tsp |
| Salt | To Taste |
| Oil | 2 Tsp |
| Cumin Seeds( Jeera) | 1 Tsp |
| Ajwain Seeds | 1/2 Tsp |
| Coriander Leaves | Handful for garnishing |
DIRECTIONS:
- Soak Chickpeas overnite and cook with a tea bag to get a suitable color. Alternatively add a pinch of salt + sugar while cooking Chickpeas. This process will require soaking only for 4 hours …
- I have used boiled chickpeas here.
- Chop tomatoes finely along with green chilly.
- Heat oil in a Kadai and drop in Cumin Seeds & Ajwain Seeds. Once they splutter, add in chopped tomatoes, green chill and ginger garlic paste. Stir them well and cover the kadai with a lid inorder to avoid splashing .
- Stir in Gram flour and give it a good mix.
- Add all the powdered spices – Chole , Chat Masala , Red Chilli Powder, Amchur , Coriander, Turmeric powder & salt. Stir them well and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Stir in the cooked Chickpeas , ensuring all the masalas get mixed well with the chickpeas.
- Pour a glass of water and cook for 5 minutes, making sure to give a good stir occasionally.
- Turn of the gas and pour the prepared Chole into the serving bowl. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and onion rings.
Inspired from ITV foood Recipes
KITCHEN NOTES:
Omit the garlic and it can be an ideal dish for no onion no garlic cooking!
Cheers
I luv chole with rotis…ur version sounds interesting….looks delicious too
This is a lovely recipe. Chole alone would have hundreds of ways to be done and this one sounds really good too 🙂
I love the clicks a lot 🙂 the second one looks interesting 🙂
Wat a geogeous click..! The recipe sounds fantastic…:)
Chole looks so yummy..beautiful clicks,makes me hungry.
Chole looks delicious. I love to make them more often.
have been meaning to try a chole recipe…urs sounds easy enuf…
wow the curry is looking delicious & yummy sandhya ……… Thanks for sharing …….
Mouthwatering chole n beautiful clicks too!!
Delicious and Lovely dish….Looks perfect!!
Such a delectable chole dish..awesome clicks..
Looks yummy and suer easy to cook.
wow, those look lovely. I will surely try them sometime 🙂
Liked the name of the dish…Looks yummo and easy…
Love the clicks …….. Chole is one of my fav ! This one makes me drool.
Cheers n Happy Cooking,
Satrupa
http://satrupa-foodforthought.blogspot.com
wow,with chat masala and ajwain combo I would love this! Nice recipe!
My kind of easy peesy dish….te pic is fabs…..as well de recipe.
Cheers.
pindi chole looks very amazing and the taste of ajwain and besan will give a nice flavour and texture to it
the bowl of chole looks really tasty
Loved the snaps a lot….looks very interesting..I love pindi chole…
hi dear, thanks for ur suggestion but for 4 entries u need to leave 4 separate comments.
I guess u can send the chana to some event based on chickpeas going on in the blogosphere, do not know the exact details.Lovely click and looks good 🙂
looks good..nice recipe
Thank you for visiting my blog 🙂 Your photography is really nice, food looks delicious!
love the colour of the chole..am drooling
waw, the name itself makes me hungry! lovely clicks!
Wow … interesting. I have one amritsari chole in my blog
I hopped between this post and my punjabi chole and shanthi's Amritsari chole to know how small changes affect/effect the final product…Mere reading does not whet my curiousity…I am about to try this soon!
@ Latha Aunty.. After ur comment I was checking in the web… I m sure there will b difference in flavour and each of them transporting us to a diff take…
This makes me try tooo…
@ Nithya : Thanks da.. I have always admired ur clicks.. just trying to do better… each time !
@ Prathiba , Priya & Jay : thanks ladies..
@ Raks : Ajwain in chole did taste yumm.. quite a bit of digestive for having at dinner time
Thank u meeso and arti.. Welcum to my space…
@ All the lovely gals.. thanks for ur lovely comments..
Easy version of chole & it looks delicious too…
Delicious chole and beautiful clicks!
That's my favorite…..looks v tempting!
@ Rachna , Sushma & Aruna
Thanks yaar. .try em and letme know..
That looks so creamy and delicious….
First time here and love your blog… great recipes and I liked this recipe so much…
Nice Post. This post helped me in my college assignment. Thanks Alot
Wow looks really delicious. I would like to try this soon :-