Chole (Chickpea Curry) - South Asian Recipe

Chole (Chickpea Curry)

🌍 South Asian, Punjab Difficulty: ●●●○○

Chole-bhature is the quintessential Punjabi street breakfast, eaten standing at food stalls.

Ingredients

• 400 g dried chickpeas, soaked overnight (or 2 × 400 g cans)
• 3 tbsp oil
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 in ginger, grated
• 3 tomatoes, puréed
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp Kashmiri chili powder
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp amchur
• 2 tea bags (for colour, optional)
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Boiling — Boil chickpeas with tea bags until tender, 45 min. Discard tea bags, reserve liquid.
2. Frying — Fry onions until deep brown. Add garlic and ginger.
3. Adding — Add tomatoes and all spices except garam masala and amchur. Cook until oil separates.
4. Adding — Add chickpeas with 300 ml cooking liquid. Simmer 20 min, mashing some chickpeas to thicken.
5. Adding — Add garam masala and amchur. Serve with bhature (fried bread) or rice.

Tags: dried chickpeas, onions, garlic cloves, in ginger, tomatoes · Source: Brittani's Almanac