CHATPATE CHOLE

INGREDIENTS:-

                Chole (chickpeas) – 1 cup (soaked in water overnight)

            Dried Amla slices -6 or 7

            Onion – 1 (grated)

            Ginger – sliced into length (like sticks)

            Asafoetida – 1 pinch

            Tomatoes – 4 or 5 (make a paste of it)

            Black Cardamom – 2

            Cloves – 4 or 5

            Cumin seeds – ½ tsp

            Cinnamon – 1 inch long

            Ajwein – ½ tsp

            Coriander powder – 1 tsp

            Garam masala – ½ tsp

            Black pepper powder – ½ tsp

            Dry Ginger powder – ½ tsp

            Dry mango powder – 1 tsp

            Anardana – 1 tsp

            Green chillies – 3 or 4 (each sliced into two halves)

            Red chilli powder – ½ tsp

            Bay leaves – 3

            Oil – 1 tbsp

HOW TO MAKE:-

                Add soaked chole, dried amla slices, salt and water in pressure cooker.

Boil the chole in pressure cooker giving 4 or 5 whistles.

In a pan, add black cardamom, cinnamon, ajwein, cumin seeds, cloves .

Dry roast them and blend in a mixer to make a powder.

In this powder, add dry coriander powder,ginger powder, dry mango

powder, anardana, black pepper powder, salt and mix it well.

So now chole masala is ready. Heat oil in a pan.

Add bay leaves, asafoetida, grated onion and stir it.

Fry till onion becomes golden brown and then add tomato paste.

Stir it and cook it till it starts leaving oil.

Now add chole masala that we have prepared earlier.

Cook the masala and then add in the boiled choles.

Now add sliced ginger, green chillies and mix it well.

Cook for another 5 minutes.

Chatpate chole are ready to serve.

This recipe is very delicious to be served in lunch.

We can enjoy it with rice, puris or with bhature as per the choice.