Punjabi Chole (without Onion Garlic)

Nita Bhatia
Nita Bhatia @cook_8180184

#healthyjunior ...Punjabi Chole is a lip smacking and easy chana recipe prepared with white chickpeas,spiced with Indian spices. Kabuli Chana comes in pulses family full of Carbohydrates,Iron,Protein,Calcium and Vitamin. Perfect meal for children.

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Ingredients

  1. 1 cupWhite Kabuli Chana (chickpeas)
  2. 4Tomatoes chopped
  3. 2-3 tbspoil
  4. 1 tspdry pomegranate seeds
  5. 1 tspjeera powder
  6. 1 tspdhania powder
  7. 1/2 tspred chilli powder
  8. 1 tspgrinded masala (cinnamon, cloves, black pepper) (optional)
  9. 1/4 tspHaldi powder
  10. to tasteSalt
  11. 2-3 tbspCorainder leaves chopped

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Pressure cook Kabuli Chana in cooker.Close the lid and pressure cook till 5-6 whistles.Off the flame when done.Open the lid and check that channa are soft or not.If not then pressure cook them again till 2-3 whistles.

  2. 2

    Off the gas and open the lid.

  3. 3

    In a pan heat oil. Add grinded masalas, dry pomegranate seeds, dhania, jeera powder, red chilli powder, Haldi powder and salt.

  4. 4

    Stir the masalas. Roast for 2 minutes.

  5. 5

    Add chopped tomatoes and stir and mix with the masalas.

  6. 6

    Close the lid and let the tomatoes turn into soft gravy. Let it cook for few minutes.

  7. 7

    Cook till the oil oozes out from the gravy on the sides.

  8. 8

    Mix the gravy and masala well. Add boiled chole and mix it with gravy.

  9. 9

    Let it cook for few minutes till thick gravy formed.

  10. 10

    Off the flame.

  11. 11

    Transfer the Chole into serving dish and serve Piping hot with Puri or Batura or Nan.

  12. 12

    Tips : adjust spices according to the taste of children

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