Punjabi Chole

  • Prep Time
    5-7 Hours
  • Cook Time
    30-40 Minutes
  • Difficulty Level
    Intermediate

Punjabi Chole is a lip-smacking and a famous dish across India.

Punjabi Chole undoubtedly is one of the delicacies of Indian cuisine. The minute you mention Punjabi Chole, muh mein paani aa jata hai :):). This is one of the most famous curries in Indian Cuisine …Just the mention of it makes one drool over this mouthwatering curry and stand in a queue in restaurants to have a bite with naan or kulcha 🙂 That’s why I am sharing the recipe of this yummy dish today. So, try it out and let us know how you liked the recipe.

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Ingredients

  • Chickpeas or Kabuli Chane: 1 bowl
  • Chane Ki Daal: 1/4 bowl
  • Onion: 2 small pieces
  • Tomato: 4 small pieces
  • Garlic: 5-6 individual pieces
  • Ginger: 1 small pieces
  • Green Chili: 2 pieces
  • Coriander Leaves
  • Tea Bags (1 or 2)
  • Vegetable Oil: 2-3 tbsp
  • Kasuri Methi Powder- 1 tsp
  • Indian Spices: Dry Anardana powder ( 1 tbsp), Crushed Cumin Seeds Powder ( 1 tbsp), Coriander Powder (2 tbsp), Bay leaves (2).
  • Spices ( as per taste) : Salt, Black Salt, Red chilli powder, Asafetida, Jeera and Garam Masala

Instructions

  1. Soak Chane ki Daal and chickpeas overnight in water. Or you can use the tip shared above in the video.
  2. Now drain the water out of chane ki daal and chickpeas. Now add fresh water, salt, cumin powder, bay leaves and tea bags in a pressure cooker. Cook them on full flame for 5-7 whistles.
  3. After that keep the water from the pressure cooker aside so that it can be used later. Take it out tea bags from boiled chikpeas
  4. Take a deep pan and put oil in it. When the oil becomes hot, add jeera and asafetida in it. Now add chopped onions and saute them till they become dark brown on full flame.
  5. Now add crushed tomatoes along with crushed garlic, ginger and green chili. Saute them for 5-10 minutes.
  6. Now add salt, black salt, red chilli powder, kasuri methi powder, garam masala, anardana powder and coriander powder in the mixture. Add 1 cup of left water which was kept aside in the mixture. Now cook the mixture till it starts to leave oil.
  7. Now add chane and chane ki daal and mix them thoroughly. You can add more left water depending on your taste.
  8. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  9. Serve punjabi chole with garma garam naan or kulche. Enjoy!!!!
  • Servings : 4-6 Persons
  • Ready in : 6-7 hours
  • Recipe Type : Dinner, Lunch

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2 Responses to Punjabi Chole

  1. anu March 23, 2017 at 8:03 PM

    Is it kaale chane aur split bengal gram

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    • Apeksha March 23, 2017 at 11:46 PM

      Chickpeas are used and chane ki daal mentioned here is split bengal gram!

      Reply

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