Posted August 13, 2019
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Chole/ Chickpeas are a rich source of vitamins, minerals and fibre, offer a variety of health benefits, such as improving digestion, giving satiety and provide slow-releasing carbohydrates aiding weight management and control sugar in diabetes. Chickpeas are high in protein and make an excellent replacement for meat in vegetarian and vegan diets.
Ingredients:
- Chole – 1 cup
- Tomato – 1 big
- Cinnamon – 1 small piece (1/4 inch)
- Black Cardamom – 1
- Cloves – 2
- Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
- Coriander Seeds – 1 tsp
- Tea Bag – 1
- Ginger & Garilc Paste – 1 tbsp
- Haldi Powder – ½ tsp
- Red Chilli Powder – ½ tsp
- Garam Masala – ½ tsp
- Aamchur Powder – ½ tsp
- Kasturi methi – 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Coriander for Garnishing
Method:
- Soak Chole overnight.
- Wash it thoroughly &Pressure-cook with little water & 1 tea bag in it (if you don’t have a tea bag, you can cut a small piece of muslin cloth add a tsp of tea powder & make potli)
- Grind all the dry masala (Cinnamon, Cumin seeds, Coriander seeds, Cloves, Kasuri methi, Aamchur powder, Garam masala)
- Blanch & make a paste of Tomato
- Heat non-stick pan, add tomato paste and cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Add ginger-garlic paste to the above.
- Add all the dry masala mix and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Add cooked chole and water (use the water in which you boiled the chole) as per consistency and cook till done.
- Serve hot with steamed rice or roti
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