Amritsari Chole

Name: Amritsari Chole
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup dry Chickpeas; 1 tbsp tea leaves or 2 tea bag; 1 tsp salt or to taste; 3 tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp Cummin seeds; 3 bay leaves; 1/8 tsp asafoetida; 3-4 chilli; 1 cup chopped onion (red onion goes well in this recipe); 6-7 garlic; 1 inch ginger; 1 brown cardamom (badi elaichi); 2 green cardamom; 1 inch cinnamon stick; 2 cloves; 7-8 black pepper; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tbsp chola masala; 1 tbsp anardana powder; 1 tsp dry mango powder (amchur); 1 tsp kasuri meathi; 2 green chilli slit; 7-8 ginger slit; 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Swati Keshri 👩‍🍳 @SwatiKeshri_8918

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Amritsari Chole is Punjabi style chickpea curry. This amazingly authentic curry tastes heavenly. This dish is sure to bring a flavor of Amritsar streets right into your home. It is so inviting and rich, spicy and full of awesome flavors. Oh and the aroma of this curry! It is so so GOOD. And this aroma alone makes this dish worth making. They taste great with Puri , Bhatura, Butter Naan and even with Aloo Tikki.
Do try this recipe you will surely love it .
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Ingredients

1 cupdry Chickpeas
1 tbsptea leaves or 2 tea bag
1 tspsalt or to taste
3 tbspmustard oil
1/2 tspCummin seeds
3bay leaves
1/8 tspasafoetida
3-4chilli
1 cupchopped onion (red onion goes well in this recipe)
6-7garlic
1 inchginger
1brown cardamom (badi elaichi)
2green cardamom
1 inchcinnamon stick
2cloves
7-8black pepper
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tbspchola masala
1 tbspanardana powder
1 tspdry mango powder (amchur)
1 tspkasuri meathi
2green chilli slit
7-8ginger slit
2 tbspchopped coriander leaves

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Steps

1

Soak Chickpeas for 6-8 hours or overnight.
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Boil tea leaves with a glass of water.
Seave the tea water.
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In a pressure cooker add soaked chickpeas, tea water, 2 bay leaves and 1/2tsp salt. Cover and cook until 6-7 whistles or until the chicken becomes soft.
* Strain the chole/chickpeas and reserve the stock for later.
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Meanwhile, in a grinding jar add remaining onion, ginger, garlic, green cardamom, black cardamom, pepper, chilli and cinnamon stick. Grind till smooth paste. Keep it ready.
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Further, heat oil in a kadhai, splattered Cummin, chilli, asafoetida and bay leave.
Now add 3/4cup chopped onions and cook till they become golden brown.
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Add in prepared paste, stir and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Now add all the dry masala/spice powders and salt.
Stir the spice powders and saute for a minute.
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Now add the chole and saute for 5-6 minutes.
Add slit green chilies and fry for a minute. Yes the chole is spicy.
Further, add the strained stock to the chole.
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Keep the flame on medium and simmer till the gravy thickens a bit. You don’t want a watery chole. Add chopped coriander leaves and julienned ginger.
Adjust the spices and seasonings as per your taste preferences.
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Serve hot with Puri, onion and lime wedges by the side.
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Swati Keshri 👩‍🍳 @SwatiKeshri_8918

on October 01, 2021 15:01

My Facebook page is @swati's Food Diary .I am a food Blogger and love food Photography. Cooking is my passion , I always try to create recipes with Healthy and basic ingredients.