Punjabi Cholas

Punjabi Cholas are the best combination with baturas and is generally termed as Chola Batura. You can even have jeera rice with cholas. This combination is also great and loved by everyone.

Ingredients

• 1 cup chickpeas (Kabuli chana or chola)
• 2-3 large tomatos
• 1tsp Salt (adjust to taste)
• 1 green chilli
• Ginger
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• Pinch of Asafetida (hing)
• 2 tsp Corriander Powder (Dhania powder)
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder (Haldi)
• Tejpatta
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 2tsp Chola Masala
• 1/4 tsp Garam Masala
• 3-4 tsp Lemon juice or 1/4 tsp Amchur Powder
• 3 tbsp oil

Method

1. Soak Chole in water for at least  5-6 hours.
2. Put chole in pressure cooker with 3-4 cups of water. Add salt to it and boil it for 20minutes on medium-low flame.
3. Grind tomato, green chilli and ginger together in mixer.
4. Now take a pan and put oil into it. Place it on high flame. When oil is ready add cumin seeds, hing and tejpatta to it.
5. Now add tomato ginger paste to it. Add all spices to it like corriander powder, haldi and red chilli powder.
6. When paste is ready now add chola masala and garam masala to it.
7. Now add cooked chole to the paste. Bring it to a boil and cook it again for another 5 minutes on low-medium flame and for 10 minutes on low flame.
8. Now at last add lemon juice to it or amchur powder.
9. Garnish it with corriander leaves.
10. Now your chola is ready. Serve it with Bhatura's or Plain Rice or jeera rice.

Tip

• If you don't have chola masala then instead of it you can use garam masala and amchur powder more in quantity. Like instead of 1/4 tsp garam masala use 1/2 tsp Garam Masala and 1/2 tsp Amchur powder.

Related Link

• Bhatura