Chole Palak

Name: Chole Palak
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For Chole-; 1 cup Chickpeas; 4 Green Cardamom pods; 2 Cinnamon sticks; 4 Cloves; to taste Salt; 1 cup chopped Onions; 1 cup pureed Tomatoes; 2 tsp Ginger and Garlic paste; 1 tsp Red chilli powder; 3 tsp Chole masala; 5 cups Water; 2 tbsp Ghee; 1/2 tsp Garam masala; For Palak-; 2 cups chopped Spinach/Palak; 1 chopped Onion; 2 tsp finely chopped Ginger; 2 tsp finely chopped Garlic; 1 Dry Red chilli; to taste Salt; as needed Oil

Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

Jamshedpur

#goldenapron3
#week4
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Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

Jamshedpur

#goldenapron3
#week4
#palak

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4 servings

For Chole-
1 cupChickpeas
4Green Cardamom pods
2Cinnamon sticks
4Cloves
to tasteSalt
1 cupchopped Onions
1 cuppureed Tomatoes
2 tspGinger and Garlic paste
1 tspRed chilli powder
3 tspChole masala
5 cupsWater
2 tbspGhee
1/2 tspGaram masala
ForPalak-
2 cupschopped Spinach/Palak
1chopped Onion
2 tspfinely chopped Ginger
2 tspfinely chopped Garlic
1Dry Red chilli
to tasteSalt
as neededOil

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Steps

40 minutes

1

For chole soak the chickpeas overnight in enough water to cover them.
2

In a pressure cooker boil the soaked chickpeas with water and some salt.
3

Pressure cook at high flame till you get 1-2 whistles and then lower the flame to medium and let the chickpeas cook for another 10-12 minutes.
4

In a wok, heat 2 tsp of oil and then add whole garam masalas.
5

Add onions and fry till the raw smell goes away and they are light golden brown in colour.
6

Add ginger-garlic paste and cook for 3-4 minutes till the smell of ginger-garlic goes away.
7

Add the garam masala, red chilli powder and mix for 1-2 minutes.
8

Now add the tomato puree, stir and let it cook for 12-15 minutes on medium-low flame.
9

Add the boiled chickpeas, chole masala and salt and stir till all the chickpeas are coated with the spices.
10

Add water and chat masala, cover the pan and let it simmer at medium flame for 20 minutes.
11

Open the lid and cook on high flame till chole becomes dry.
12

In a wok heat oil.
13

Add chopped ginger and garlic.
14

After 1 minute add chopped onion and dry red chilli.
15

Fry onions till it turns golden brown.
16

Add chopped palak and salt and mix well.
17

Cover and cook till palak done.
18

Add cooked chole and cook on high flame for 5 minutes.
19

Serve hot with palak masala paratha.