Pindi Chole Recipe | Chana Pindi Recipe
Learn how to make authentic pindi chole recipe made with chickpeas (chole) mixed with spices .
Servings: 4 People
Ingredients
- 500 gm Chole
- 5-6 tbsp Desi Ghee
- 3-4 Chopped Green Chilli
- 1 tsp Kasuri methi
- 3 tbsp Tamarind pulp
- 2 inch Finely Chopped Ginger
- Coriander Leaves
- 1 tsp Ajwain
- 2 tsp Amchur
- 5-6 Black pepper crushed
- 5-6 cloves (laung) crushed
- 1 tsp amchur powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2 tsp Chana Masala
- 1 tsp Black Salt
- 1 tsp Roasted Jeera Powder
- 1 tsp Dhaniya Powder
- 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Salt as per taste
Instructions
- Soak chole overnight
- In a pressure cooker add chole with water, 1 tea bag, dry amla and 1/2 tsp salt. And pressure cooks it until 5-6 whistles comes. And make sure that chole is softened up. Otherwise, pressure cooks it a few more times.
- Heat a pan and add desi ghee to it and let it melt.
- By the time ghee is getting heated, we will prepare chole masala
- Add boiled chole into a kadhai, then add 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp black salt, black pepper, laung powder, 1 tsp amchur powder,1 tsp roasted jeera masala, 1 tsp garam masala, 2 tsp chana masala, 1 tsp dhaniya powder, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder, salt as per taste. Remember that you have added salt earlier in the chole at the time of boiling.
- Once, the ghee is heated then add 1 tsp ajwain, 2 inch chopped ginger, green chillies and mix it well. Cook it a little bit.
- The tadka is ready, turn off the gas and add it into the chole.
- Now, turn on the gas stove and mix the masala in the chole
- Cook chole on a medium flame. Stir it continuously for 2-3 minutes.
- Add 3 tbsp tamarind juice, 1 tsp kasuri meethi and mix it well.
- Add leftover boiled chole water to it. And mix it well.
- On a medium flame cook it for 2-3 minutes
- Turn off the gas, pindi chole is ready. Serve in a serving bowl.
- Garnish it with chopped fresh coriander.
