Chhole Recipe (North Indian Style)

Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Soaking Time : 6-8 hours or overnight
Cooking Time ; 25 minutes
Serves : 2-4

Ingredients :

• 1 cup kabuli chana 
• 1 big onion cut into small pieces 
• 1/2 tsp of garlic paste 
• 1/2 tsp of ginger paste 
• 1 small cinamon stick 
• 1 bay leaf 
• 1 or 2 green elaichi 
• 1 dry red chili 
• 1 tsp of chole garam masala
• 1/2 tsp of elaichi powder 
• 1 tsp of red chili powder 
• less then 1/2 tsp of amchur powder 
• salt to taste 
• 1 tsp of lemon juice 
• 1/2 tsp jeera powder 
• pinch of asafoetida 
• 1 tsp of cofee beans (this is require to tie in a cloth) and put in pressure cooker for the color
• 1 tsp of oil to cook 
• pinch of sugar 

How to prepare : 

• Wash and soak the chole overnight or for 6-8 hours 
• In a pressure cooker add chole chana 1.5 glass of water and in a muslin cloth add 1 tsp of cofee or tea and tie it and put in the cooker (as shown in the picture) 
• Pressure cook chole for around 3-4 whistles or until cooked. 
•  Let the chole be soaked in the pressure cookere for 1/2 and hour or so till it catches the coffee color (as shown in the picture). 
• Heat oil in a sauce pan and add cinamon stick, bay leaf, cardamon (elaichi) , red chili and saute.
• Add asafoetida ,  cumin seeds and saute 
• Add onions , ginger garlic paste and saute till they turn pink / translucent 
• Now add chili powder, amchur powder, chole masala , salt and saute
• Let the masala cook till 5-7 minutes. Add little water (1/2 cup) 
• Add boiled chole to the gravy and add lemon juice
• Add around 1 glass of water and mix everything nicely 
• Check the masala , salt etc is ok and let the chole simmer on medium slow flame for around 10 minutes. 
• Add pinch of sugar. 
• Serve it with Puri, Bhature and rice with sliced onions and lemon 
• yum :)