This Baisakhi, try Pindi Chole

This Baisakhi, try this popular Punjabi dish with traditional bread called bhatura!

Pindi Chole

Source: SBS

Recipe: Noni Sachdeva

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of Kabuli Chana (Chick Peas) – soaked in water for 4-6 hours
  • 3 Bay leaves
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 3 black cardamom
  • 5 green cardamom
  • 5 cloves
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tea bag
  • 4 ½ cups of water
  • 3 cups chopped tomato
  • 2 cups chipped red onion
  • 1tbsp oil
  • ¼ tsp sugar
  • 1tsp black pepper powder
  • 1tbsp cumin powder
  • 1tbsp coriander powder
  • 1tsp ginger powder
  • ½ tbsp red chilli powder
  • 1tbsp amchur powder (dry mango powder)
  • 1tbsp anardana powder (pomegranate powder)
  • 2tbsp dry fenugreek leaves
  • 1 cup chopped coriander

Serve with

  • Mango/chilli pickle
  • Chopped onions
  • Lemon wedge
  • Shredded Ginger

Method

  • Take a presser cooker.
  • Add the soaked chole, water, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, black cardamom, green cardamom, cloves, salt and the tea bag.
  • Close the lid and presser cook it for around 10-15 mins.
  • The chole should mush up easily then you know it’s cooked.
  • Take out all the whole spices and leave the chole into the water ready to cook further.
  • Take a deep pan.
  • Add oil.
  • Once the oil is hot add onion.
  • Cook the onion until dark brown then add tomato, salt and cook until oil separates form the onion tomato masala.
  • Now add sugar, black pepper powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder, ginger powder, amchur powder and anardana powder.
  • Mix everything.
  • Now add in the chole with its water and mix in with the masala.
  • Cook for about 10 mins then add dry fenugreek leaves.
  • Cook for another 2 mins.
  • Turn off the heat and garnish with fresh coriander leaves and shredded ginger.

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