Chickpeas Curry

Name: Chickpeas Curry
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 bowl chickpeas; 4 bowl water; To taste salt; 4 Bay leaves; 1 teabag; 2 onions; 2 tomatoes; 1 " piece ginger; 6-8 pods garlic; 2 Green chilli; To taste salt; 1/4 tsp red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 2 tb spoon cooking oil; 1 tb spoon kasuri methi; 2 tb spoon water; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 6-8 cloves; 2 big cardamom; 1 piece cinnamom; 8-10 black pepper seeds; 2 Green cardamoms

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

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Chickpea curry or Punjabi Chole is a spicy curry from the northern region of India. Made from chickpeas, onion, tomatoes, ginger, garlic and Indian spices, it is one of the most delicious curries to try if you like Indian food. Here’s how to make easy and authentic Punjabi Style Chole at home.

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

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Ingredients

40 minutes

2 servings

For boiling chickpeas
1 bowlchickpeas
4 bowlwater
To tastesalt
4Bay leaves
1teabag
For Gravy Masala
2onions
2tomatoes
1" piece ginger
6-8 podsgarlic
2Green chilli
To tastesalt
1/4 tspred chilli powder
1/4 tspturmeric powder
2 tbspoon cooking oil
1 tbspoon kasuri methi
2 tbspoon water
For making chana masala
1/2 tspcumin seeds
6-8cloves
2big cardamom
1 piececinnamom
8-10black pepper seeds
2Green cardamoms

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Wash and Soak chickpeas overnight. Pressure cook chickpeas with 4 bowls of water, salt, bay leaves and tea bag for 5 minutes after first whistle.
2

Wash and peel onions, garlic, ginger and green chilli. Wash tomatoes.
3

Chop all in smaller pieces and put in a blender and grind to a fine paste.
4

Heat oil in a wok. Add cumin seeds and when cumin seeds splutter add grinded paste in it and cook on low flame till it turn thick or start leaving pan. Add salt, red chilli powder and turmeric powder and mix well.
5

Add 2 tb spoon water and Cook this masala for 5-7 minutes on low flame. Now mix kasuri methi and keep aside this masala.
6

Dry roast all the ingredients for making chana masala on a griddle. Grind it to a coarse powder.
7

Add this roasted chana masala in onion Tomato paste.
8

Put this prepared masala in pressure cooker in which chickpea is boiled. Place the lid and cook for 5 minutes on low flame after first whistle. Adjust the consistency of water by adding a little, if needed.
9

Serve hot with chapatti, parantha, puri or rice