Punjabi Chole Masala
Time: 40 min
Serves: 5
Difficulty level: Easy
Serves: 5
Difficulty level: Easy
Ingredients:
- Chickpeas
- 4 Chopped Onion
- 2 Chopped Tomato
- 10 to 12 Garlic Cloves
- 2 inches Chopped Ginger
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Badshah Turmeric Powder
- 1 to 1.5 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
- 1/2 tsp Badshah Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Badshah Garam Masala Powder
- 1.5 tsp Salt
- 1.5 tsp Chole Masala
- 5 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 1/3 cup Coriander Leaves
Method:
- Put the ginger, garlic and onion in the grinding jar and grind them into a smooth paste.
- When the paste has become smooth, take it out from the jar.
- Put the tomato in the grinding jar and grind it into a paste
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker pan, add whole garam masala and cumin seeds.
- Fry it for a few seconds on medium flame and then reduce the flame to low.
- Add turmeric powder and red chilli powder, mix it and cook it for a few seconds on low flame.
- Add ginger, garlic and onion paste, cover the lid and cook it for one minute on medium flame.
- Put cumin powder, coriander powder and chole masala, mix it properly.
- Cover the lid and cook it for 1/2 minute on medium flame.
- Add tomato paste, cover the lid and cook it for one minute on medium flame.
- Add soaked chickpeas, mix it and cover the pan, cook it for a minute on low flame.
- Put 1.5 glasses of water and salt, stir it well and close the lid of the pressure cooker properly.
- After five whistles, turn off the flame and let the pressure cooker cool down completely.
- Easy chole masala is ready to serve, serve it hot with jeera rice, plain rice, poori or paratha.
