Dassana's Veg Recipes· by Dassana Amit★ 4.9 (157)

Chole Recipe | Punjabi Chole Masala

Name: Chole Recipe | Punjabi Chole Masala
Prep time: 540 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 585 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 1 cup dried white chickpeas ((garbanzo beans, kabuli chana or safed chole) - 200 grams); 3 cups water (- for soaking chickpeas); 2.5 to 3 cups water (- for pressure cooking the chickpeas); 2 to 3 dried amla (or dried Indian gooseberry or 1 black tea bag, optional); ½ teaspoon salt (or add as required); ⅓ cup onions (- finely chopped); ½ cup tomatoes (- finely chopped); ½ teaspoon ginger garlic paste (or 2 to 3 small garlic cloves + ½ inch ginger, crushed to a paste in a mortar-pestle); ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric)); ½ teaspoon red chili powder (or cayenne pepper); ¼ teaspoon garam masala (- optional); ¾ to 1 teaspoon amchur powder ((dry mango powder), optional and only to be added when you do not have dry pomegranate seeds); 2 to 3 green chilies (- slit); 1 to 1.25 cups water (or the stock in which the chickpeas were cooked); 1.5 to 2 tablespoons oil; salt (as required); 2 black cardamoms; 1 inch cinnamon; 3 to 4 black peppercorns; 2 cloves; 1 tej patta ((Indian bay leaf) - medium sized); ¼ teaspoon carom seeds ((ajwain)); 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon coriander seeds; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds; ½ teaspoon dry pomegranate seeds; 1 to 2 kashmiri red chilies; 2 to 3 tablespoons coriander leaves (- chopped, (cilantro)); ½ to 1 inch ginger (- julienne); 1 onion (- small to medium-sized, sliced or chopped)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 5 · 9h 45m total

Servings

Calories

12% of a 2,000 cal day

242KCAL

Protein

11g21% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat7g

10%

Saturated1g

Unsaturated6g

—

Total Carbs37g

13%

Fiber6g

22%

Total Sugars7g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch23g

—

Sodium511mg

22%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A North Indian chickpea curry from Punjab flavored with a freshly ground spice blend, tomato-onion gravy, and warm spices. Bold and well-balanced, it's an aromatic street food classic.

1 ingredient need review. The nutrition shown is the resolved subtotal, not zero.

Ingredients

5 SERVINGS

200 gdried white chickpeas (garbanzo beans, kabuli chana or safed chole) — 1 cup
3 cupswater — for soaking chickpeas
2½–3 cupswater
2–3dried amla (dried Indian gooseberry) — or black tea bag, optional
½ tspsalt
⅓ cuponions — finely chopped
½ cuptomatoes — finely chopped
½ tspginger garlic paste — or small garlic cloves or ½ inch ginger
¼ tspturmeric powder (ground turmeric)
½ tspred chili powder — or cayenne pepper
¼ tspgaram masala — optional
¾–1 tspamchur powder (dry mango powder) — optional
2–3green chilies — slit
1–1¼ cupswater — or stock in which the chickpeas were cooked
1½–2 tbspoil
salt — as needed
2black cardamoms
1 inchcinnamon
3–4black peppercorns
2clovesNeeds review — excluded from the nutrition subtotal
1tej patta (Indian bay leaf) — medium-sized
¼ tspcarom seeds (ajwain)
1 tspcumin seeds
1 tspcoriander seeds
1 tspfennel seeds
½ tspdry pomegranate seeds — dried
1–2kashmiri red chilies
2–3 tbspcoriander leaves (cilantro) — chopped
½–1 inchginger — julienned
1onion — small to medium-sized
1tomato — small to medium-sized
1lemon — or lime

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Method

9h 45m total

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