Chole Chawal

Chole Chawal is something I really relish every time I make it. It turns out to so be so delicious and its not very difficult to make.

Check out the video below for the step by step guide for making chole.

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Chole are made in so many different ways: Amritsari Chole and even in salads. They are so versatile and can be relished in so many ways.

You can also check out the recipe for Amritsari Chole. They taste so so good!!

For now, let’s make Chole Chawal.

All You Need:

A Few Tips:

Soak the chole overnight or 6-8 hours. If you are running short of time, while boiling the chole, add a pinch of baking soda. That should help.
If you add baking soda, pressure cook for 4-5 whistles and check once for doneness.
Mash the chole lightly. Don’t skip this step. It completely changes the texture of the final dish.

Method:

In a pressure cooker, add the soaked chole, around 3 cups of water, bay leaf, badi elaichi, choti elaichi and laung. Add 1 tsp salt and haldi.
Pressure cook for 6-7 whistles.
Once done, in another pan, add ghee/ oil. Once hot, add jeera and hing.
Next, add onion puree. Saute the onion puree until brown and cooked.
Then add ginger garlic paste. Mix and cook for a minute.
Pour the tomato puree. Give it a mix, cover and cook for 5 mins .
Add haldi and salt.
Cover and cook until oil has separated.
Add dhaniya powder and red chili powder and saute for a minute.
Add a cup of water just to mix all the ingredients together.
Pour in the boiled chole and mix well.
Using the back of your spatula or a masher, mash the chole lightly. This enhances the flavor as well as changes the texture of the dish.
Adjust the water if required.
Let it boil for 5 mins.
Add garam masala and garnish with cilantro.

These chole are best served with (obviously) Jeera Rice and Achari Pyaaz.

They turn out to be super yum. Do try this and let me know how they turned out!