How to make chole !!

Ingredients :

• 2 cups Garbanzo Beans
• 2 tomatoes (chopped)
• 1 cup Tomato Puree or Paste
• 3 medium Onions (finely chopped in chopper)
• 2 cloves minced Garlic (optional as per taste)
• 1 tbsp. Ginger paste
• 2 Green Chilies chopped
• Salt to taste
• ¼ tsp. Turmeric powder
• 1½ tsp. Red Chili Powder
• 1 tsp. Coriander powder
• 4 tsp. Vegetable Oil / Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• ¼ tsp. Garam Masala Powder
• 3 tsp. of Chana Masala Powder
• ¼ tsp. Cumin Seeds
  
  
  How to make chole !
  
• Soak chhole/beans overnight in salty warm water with two tea bags.  (adding Tea Bags will turn Chana Black in Color)
• Boil Chole/Chana along with tea bags in pressure cooker/Microwave till they become soft.
• On Medium Low Heat, Heat the Pan first and put Oil in Pan.
• When oil is ready (you can throw one cumin seed if it sizzles then oil is ready). Add Cumin seeds.
• When Cumin Seeds splutter, add minced Garlic and Ginger Paste.
• Add chopped Onions  and add a pinch of Salt and fry till they turn brown (Adding salt while frying Onions makes it quicker to fry Onions)
• Add coriander powder and fry for some time till it becomes light brown.
• Add turmeric powder & chili powder and Salt to taste.
• Add Garam Masala and Chana Masala and again fry for some time.
• Add Pureed tomatoes and fry till the oil leaves from the sides.
• Add chopped Green Chilies.
• Take out the Tea Bags and Add Chole/Chana into the Pan without water and stir so that it gets mixed up well.
• Add the same water which was left in pressure cooker while boiling Chole/Chana .
• Cook the Chole/Chana with gravy for 8-12 min’s till gravy dries (but Chana or Masala should not burn).
• Garnish with Coriander Leaves and ring Onions and Tomato.
• Serve with Puris, Parathas, Chapatis or Rice.
  
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