Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chole masala -chickpea curry. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chole Masala -Chickpea Curry is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chole Masala -Chickpea Curry is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Punjabi chole masala or chana masala is one of the most popular curry dishes from India. In fact in north India no wedding or party is complete until you have chole masala on the So what actually is chole masala? In this recipe, chickpeas are cooked with onions, tomatoes and lots of spices.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook chole masala -chickpea curry using 22 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chole Masala -Chickpea Curry:

1. Prepare 2 cup Chickpea
2. Make ready 1 Onion finely chopped
3. Get 1 Tomato finely chopped
4. Prepare 3 Garlic Cloves mashed
5. Get 1 Ginger small piece mashed
6. Get 4-5 Curry Leaves
7. Take 1-2 tbsp Butter
8. Make ready 1/2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
9. Prepare 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
10. Take 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
11. Make ready 1 Pouch Tea Bag (Black)
12. Take 1 Bay Leaf
13. Get 1-2 Black Cardamom
14. Get 2-3 Cloves
15. Get 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
16. Get 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
17. Take 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
18. Take 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
19. Make ready 1/2 tsp Sugar
20. Get to taste Salt
21. Take 4 Cups Water
22. Get Coriander for garnish

Chole Masala - Punjabi Chole - Indian Chickpea Curry. This Chole Masala or Indian Chickpea Curry is one of our family's favorite recipes and definitely made once every week. The chickpeas are cooked with Indian spices, onion-tomato paste and some coconut milk (substitute given in the recipe. Punjabi Chole, or Amritsari Chole, is a creamy, tangy and dark-colored chickpea curry made with a special masala blend served street-style.

Instructions to make Chole Masala -Chickpea Curry:

1. Soak the chickpeas overnight. In a cooker, add the soaked chickpeas and water. Also add to it the tea bag and bay leaf. Cook it on medium flame with 6-7 whistles.
2. In a pan, add the oil and butter together. Then put the mustard and cumin seed. Let it crackle. Now add the cloves and black cardamon. When it starts leaving aroma, add in the chopped onion. Sauté it until it turns golden brown. Add in the ginger-garlic paste and curry leaves. Put the chopped tomatoes to the mix and keep sautéing.
3. Now to the mixture, add in all the spices and sauté for 2-3 mins. Add the cooked chickpeas to the mixture along with the water. Add in some more water is required. Close the lid and let it cook for 10-12 mins on low flame. Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve it hot with Indian bread/ Rice.

Everyone tries to give there own touch to the recipes in different ways so you can find people making Chole Masala in many ways but here I'm trying to share the traditional way to make Chole Masala which has just the chickpeas and curry in it. Chana Masala, also known as Chole (pronounced Cho-lay) is a dish where chickpeas are cooked in a spicy, flavorful onion-tomato gravy. The spices are everything when it comes to making authentic Punjabi Chole. I have tested this recipe many, many times to perfect these spices and I know you will. Punjabi Chole Masala is a delicious chickpea curry that's made all over Pakistan and India.

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