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Chole – Garbanzo Beans Curry
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EasyRecipes .
Recipe type: Curries
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 5
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This recipe for Chole is one of the easiest I’ve used. It doesn’t require the standard Punjabi masala…so, no more frying onions and tomatoes. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- Kabuli (White) Channa – 2 cups
- Water – 5 cups
- Salt – ½ tsp
- Bade Elaichi (Big Cardamom) – 1
- Cloves – 5
- Cinnamon – 1 small piece
- Garlic – ½ tsp, minced
- Ginger – ½ tsp, minced
- Onion – ½ medium, chopped
- Tomato – 1 medium, chopped
- Green Chili – 1 or to taste, slit
- Oil – 1 Tbsp
- Hing (Asofoetida) – pinch
- Haldi (Turmeric) – ¼ tsp
- Tomato Sauce – ½ cup (1/2 of 8 oz. can)
- Garam Masala – ¼ tsp
- Chole Masala – 2 tsp
- Dhania Powder – 1 tsp
- Red Chili Powder – ¼ tsp (to taste)
- Lemon Juice – ½ tsp (to taste)
- Cilantro – 5 sprigs, chopped for garnishing
Instructions
- Soak 2 cups Channa in 4 cups Water for at least 3 hours.
- In a pressure cooker, add Channa with the Water, Salt, Bade Elaichi, Cloves, Cinnamon, Garlic, Ginger, Onion and Tomato.
- Pressure cook for 2 whistles, reduce flame to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Heat Oil in a separate medium sized, non-stick pan.
- Add Hing and Haldi.
- Add Tomato Sauce, mix well and sauté until oil starts to separate.
- Add Garam Masala, Chole Masala, Dhania Powder and Red Chili Powder – mix well and cook for 1 minute.
- Add cooked Channa (with the water) to the pan and mix well.
- Boil for 5 minutes or to get a thicker gravy, pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
- Add Lemon Juice and adjust Salt, Chili Powder and Chole Masala to taste.
- Garnish with Cilantro.
- Serves 4-5
Notes
1 If you don’t have time to soak the Channa for 3 hours, bring Channa and water to a boil on the stove, in a pan with a tight fitting lid. Boil for 5 minutes and turn off stove. Cover the pan with the lid and let it stand for 1 hour. Your Channa should be ready to pressure cook.
2 If you don’t even have one hour to soak the Channa, try using canned Garbanzo Beans. The process is the same except let the pressure cooker whistle only 1 time and then turn off stove.
2 If you don’t even have one hour to soak the Channa, try using canned Garbanzo Beans. The process is the same except let the pressure cooker whistle only 1 time and then turn off stove.
