Chikkad Chhole

Name: Chikkad Chhole
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 bowl white chana; 5 bowls water; 1 Potato; 1 onion; Salt to taste; 2 tb spoon cooking oil; 1 " piece ginger; 4-6 pods garlic; 1 onion; 2 Green chilli; 2 tb spoon chopped coriander leaves; Salt to taste; 1/4 tsp red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp coriander seeds powder; 1 tsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp dry pomegranate seeds; 2 whole red chilli; 5 cloves; 2 big cardamom

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

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Punjabi style chickpea curry made with basic spices is named so because of the texture and consistency and colour of the gravy which resemble thick and sticky murky waters. Chikkad is synonymous with kichad (muck) and perhaps that is why it also tastes best when turned into a semi mushy consistency and served with roti, naan or bature.

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4 servings

For boiling chana:
1 bowlwhite chana
5 bowlswater
1Potato
1onion
Salt to taste
For making chana masala gravy:
2 tbspoon cooking oil
1" piece ginger
4-6 podsgarlic
1onion
2Green chilli
2 tbspoon chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste
1/4 tspred chilli powder
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1/2 tspcoriander seeds powder
For Preparing Chana Masala
1 tspcoriander seeds
1 tspcumin seeds
1 tspblack pepper
1 tspdry pomegranate seeds
2whole red chilli
5cloves
2big cardamom

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Wash and soak 1 bowl kabuli chana overnight.
2

Peel, wash and chop onion and potato. Peel wash and grate garlic and ginger and keep aside.
3

Boil chana with chopped potato, onion and salt in a pressure cooker. Let pressure release automatically.
4

Remove potatoes and onion in a mixer from chana and grind it to a smooth paste along with 1/2 bowl boiled chana.
5

Dry roast cumin seeds, black pepper, coriander seeds, cloves, dry pomegranate seeds, while red chilli and big cardamom and let it cool. Now grind it to a coarse powder.
6

Heat cooking oil in a wok. Add cumin seeds and when cumin seeds splutter add grated ginger and garlic. Saute for 2 minutes. Now add chopped onion and saute till onion turned pinkish. Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and mix well.
7

Now add ground potato onion mixture in this along with grinded roasted masala. Mix well and saute till oil leaves the sides.
8

Add boiled chana along with its water in this masala and cook on low flame for 10 minutes or till the chana is done.
9

Serve hot garnished with chilli and tomato slices with puri or rice or bhature..