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preparation of chole masala for bhatura

Prep Time 8 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

To boil chick peas:

  • Channa/chick peas - 11/2 cups
  • Salt as needed
  • Tea bag - 1
  • Baking soda - a pinch

To roast and grind:

  • Saunf/sombu/Ani seed - 1 tsp
  • pepper/milagu - 1 tsp
  • cloves / lavangam - 3-5
  • cinnamon /pattai - 1 strip
  • Big cardamom/elachi - 1
  • Bay leaf - 1

For grinding:

  • Big onion - 1
  • Tomato - 1-2 medium
  • Greenchilli - 1
  • Ginger - 2 inch piece
  • Garlic - 6-7 cloves

Other ingredients and powders:

  • Chilli powder - 1tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder - 2tsp
  • Pomegranate seed powder - 1tsp
  • Amchur/dry mango powder - 1 tsp
  • Oil - 3-4 tbsp
  • Cumin/jeera - 1 tsp
  • Some crushed kasuri methi dry
  • Some chopped coriander leaves
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Soak channa overnight and wash it thoroughly add to a pressure cooker with water.
  • Add tea bag,salt and soda bring it to boil close the lid.
  • Pressure cook till it nicely tender and mushy.
  • Keep ready.
  • Roast the ingredients given and grind to a powder and keep ready.
  • Then grind the onion tomato mixture.
  • Keep a kadai add oil then cumin.
  • When it browns add onion tomato mixture nicely saute till all the raw smell goes away.
  • When the mixture is nicely done add all the given powders it.
  • Stir in thoroughly.
  • Then add the cooked channa with water and with some extra water to the need.
  • Add salt and let it boil.
  • After few minutes add kasuri methi.
  • Let it boil till the required consistency thin or thick.
  • Switch off add chopped coriander and serve with bhaturas.

Notes

Boil channa nicely even if it is mushy it is good I have done like that only.
If it is cooked mushy then you will get nice gravy consistency and no need to mash them separately.
We have added salt already when boiling channa so be careful when adding to the gravy.
If there is no pomegranate powder then amchur powder will itself do the job.
You can adjust the spiciness according to your taste.