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Monday, May 31, 2010

Punjabi Chhole

Punjabi chhole is very popular in  punjab state in northern india. But its taste and easy way to cook has made it popular dish among all communities of india. On Sunday evening had invited guests for dinner. I  served them punjabi chhole. All of us really enjoyed and thought of sharing recipe with all my readers. Kindly note the ingredients and preparation as below:

Ingredients:


Chick peas (kabuli chana) - 1 cup , soaked overnight
Tomato - 2
Onion - 1
Garlic paste - 1tbs
Ginger paste - 1tbs
Chilli - 1
Chilli powder - 2tbs
Turmeric - 2tbs
Coriander powder - 2tbs
Salt - to taste
Clove - 3
Cooking oil - 3tbs

Preparation:

  1. Boil the chick peas (kabuli chana) in pressure cooker. Let it cool down.
  2. Meanwhile cook gravy by grinding tomatoes, onion, garlic paste, ginger paste, chilli, clove.
  3. Heat oil in pan and add gravy to it. Cook for 3min.
  4. Add boiled chick peas ( kabuli chana) to it and also chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder and salt.
Add water to it and let it boil for 10 min. Ready made chhole masala also available in market, to enhance taste add 2tbs to it. Garnish with coriander leaves and chopped onion and serve it hot.
For dinner we had punjabi chole with paratha , salad and buttermilk. And for desert Rawa halwa.

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2 comments:

  1. SoniaMay 31, 2010 at 4:15 PM

    Nice and easy chhole recipe. I wish I could your prepared dish from my pc. Did you forget to add chhole masala in ingredients list?

    Nowadays I hardly use ready-made chhole masala powder. I made it home, if you want please find chhole recipe in my blog.

    P.S.:Congrats on getting your domain! Good luck. :)

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  2. niraliJune 1, 2010 at 6:13 AM

    Thanks sonia for visiting my site and appreciating chole recipe to be easy. No i have not forgot to add chole masala, try with the above recipe u will surely find the difference.

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