Chole Recipe
by Hetal Kamdar
Ingredients (1/2)
- 1 cup white chickpeas | Chole
- 1 tsp baking soda
- For Gravy
- 2 small onions diced
- 1 big tomato diced
- 2-3 green chilies
- 1- inch ginger
- 4-5 garlic pods
- For Chole Masala
- 3-4 bay leaves
- 2-3 dry red chili
- 1-2 small cinnamon sticks
Ingredients (2/2)
- 1/1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp dry mango powder | amchur powder
- 2 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder | Dhania powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder | jeera powder
- salt as per taste
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
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How to boil Chole
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Firstly, wash chana in running water and soak chickpeas | chana in overnight in warm water for 7-8 hours.
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Next morning remove all the water from the chole and take freshwater. Take a pressure pan and add chole to it.
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Add 1 tsp baking soda in the chole and also salt as per the quantity of chole and boil till 5-6 whistles. Cook on a medium flame so that chickpeas are cooked properly.
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Once the pressure releases open the lid and leave it aside.
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How to prepare the Chole gravy
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Take all the ingredients mentioned for the gravy and puree it in a blender.
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Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaves, cinnamon stick, and dry red chilies.
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