Chole

chole 

Chole is a popular Punjabi dish made with kabuli chana and topped with fried potatoes.

Ingredients

Chick peas (kabuli chana)                      1 cup

Tea leaves                                            1 tbsp

Dried Indian gooseberry (amla)                2

Chopped onion                                      2 medium

Slit green chillies                                   5 – 6

Chana masala                                       1 ½ tsp

Tomato puree                                        1 cup

Salt                                                      to taste

Potatoes (cut into cubes)                       2

Mint                                                     a few strings

Method

To boil the chickpeas

First soak the chickpeas overnight then put them in pressure cooker with 4 cups of water, tie tea leaves and amla in a muslin cloth and add it into cooker.

soaked chickpeas 

Cook the chickpeas until completely cooked and soft.

boiled chickpeas 

Then drain the chickpeas and keep aside the cooking liquour.

To prepare gravy

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add onion and green chillies and sauté till lightly brown.

saute onion with chillies

Now add chana masala to the onion and stir for half minute.

add chana masala and tomato puree

Add tomato puree and mix and sauté for 3 – 4 minutes.

Now add boiled chickpeas and salt and mix well.

add boiled chickpeas 

Then add cooking liquour as required and simmer for 4 – 5 minutes.

add chana liquour 

Within this time heat remaining oil in another pan, add potatoes and fry till golden.

fry the potatoes

Now transfer the chole into serving bowl and place the fried potatoes over.

place the fried potatoes on served chole 

Garnish with mint leaves and serve with bhatures.