Chole Recipe | Punjabi Chole Masala
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Dassana's Veg Recipes · by Dassana Amit★ 4.9 (157)

Chole Recipe | Punjabi Chole Masala

NUTRITION · PER SERVING585M COOK
CAL 12%·PRO 21%
CARBS 34G58% OF CAL
7G FIBER9G SUGAR18G OTHER
FAT 8G30% OF CAL
1G SAT7G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

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.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 5
  • 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)
  • 1 tomato (- small to medium-sized, sliced or chopped)
  • 1 lemon (or lime, sliced or quartered)
PREP
540M
SODIUM
512MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.