Pindi Chole

 Pindi Chole one of my and my husband's favorite dish. Pindi chole Bhatore is one of my favourite Punjabi dish. When ever I make this at home, my husband would finish all the amount at once. So, I make chole at-least once every month. The best part is it uses Chickpea which is one of the richest source of protein.  Here, goes the authentic Punjabi recipe for it.

Ingredients :- 

Chickpea - 3/4 cup

Onion - 1 finely chopped

Ginger garlic paste - 1.5 tsp

Tomato puree -  from 2 medium sized tomatoes

Green Chillies- 2 slitted

Tea Bag - 1

Cinnamon - 1/4 inch piece

Cardamom - 1

Bayleaf - 1

Red Chilli Powder - 3/4 tsp

Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp

Amchur powder(Dry mango powder) - 1 tsp

Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp finely chopped

Lemon juice - 2 tsp

Oil - 1 tbsp

Salt - to taste

To roast and grind:

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Anardana seeds(Pomegranate Seeds) - 2 tsp

Method:-  Dry roast cumin and anardana seeds till nice aroma rises, and grind it to a coarse powder, Set aside. Soak chana overnight and pressure cook with enough water along with tea bag,cinnamon ,  bay leafand cardamom for 3-4 whistles.Drain water and keep chana aside.Reserve drained water.Heat oil in a pan add onion, ginger garlic paste and green chillies saute till golden brown.

Add the tomato puree,roasted powder,red chilli powder,garam masala powder and required salt. Saute till raw smell leaves.Then add reserved boiled water.

Allow it to boil for few mins.Once it becomes thick like a semi thick gravy add the cooked channa.

Add amchur powder , give a quick stir and let chana absorb the gravy well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and switch off.Add lemon juice while serving along with onion rings.

Note:- Chole Masla is widely available in market that has amchur powder, anardana powder in it. You can replace the masala making procedure above with the powder, incase you use this powder, add 1/2 tbsp of amchur powder or chat masala along with 1 and 1/2 tbsp of chole masala. Tomato puree can be replaced with 2 large tomato chopped finely. Adding garam masala is optional.