MASALEDAR CHOLLE

MASALEDAR CHOLLE

Ingredients

Ingredients for Gravy

Instructions

  1. Rinse the chickpeas a couple of times in fresh water. Then soak them in water overnight or for 8 to 9 hours. Add enough amount of water as the chickpeas increase in size after soaking it. Later drain the water and again rinse the soaked chickpeas with fresh water.

  2. Add black tea bag. In a boiling water with soaked chickpeas. Season with salt. Cook until it gets soft.

  3. Heat oil in a pan or kadai. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for few seconds or till their raw aroma goes away.

  4. Then add chopped onions and saute stirring often till the onions turn translucent or light brown.

  5. Add tomatoes and saute stirring often till they soften and the oil starts to leave the sides of the onion and tomato mixture.

  6. Lower the heat and then add all of the mdh Chole masala that we together with the red chili powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder (optional).

  7. Stir and mix the dry ground spices and then add slit green chilies

  8. Add the cooked chickpeas. Mix well.

  9. Add salt according to taste. Then add about 1 to 1.25 cups of the stock in which the chickpeas was cooked. You can also add water instead.

  10. Stir and cover the pan with a lid.