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Chole Masala

Chole Masala, Punjabi Chole, Chickpea Masala is a delicious north Indian curry, made using boiled chickpeas or chole in a spicy and flavorful curry. It’s most special part is the deep brown or almost black color. Many people use tea leaves at the time of boiling to get that black color.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time1 hr
Total Time1 hr 10 mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian, Vegetarian
Keyword: Warm
Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Soak chickpeas overnight.
  • Next morning, boil or pressure cook them till tender.
  • In a wok/ pan, bring mustard oil to a smoking-hot temperature. Now roast asafetida, cumin seeds, chili powder, coriander powder for 1-2 minutes. Add tomato puree. Roast the puree till it leaves oil from the side.
  • Add dry pomegranate powder and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
  • Add chickpeas and salt. Mix them till they are well coated.
  • Sprinkle all spice powder and mix gently. Garnish with green chili, lemon or grated paneer. Serve chole hot with Bhaturas.

Notes

  1. The secret ingredient is anardana for the amazing taste and color. It also lends sourness to the chole, so use as per your taste.
  2. Addition of lemon can be skipped as per taste if anardana has given enough flavor.
  3. You can add onion paste also if you wish before roasting tomato puree.
  4. If you have forgotten to soak the chole, then you can still cook them but boiling time will increase.