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Give is absolutely delicious Amritsari Chole recipe which is made from fresh roasted and ground chole masala and has a thick dark delicious gravy. It goes perfect along with Kulche, Naan or Puri and serving it along with some lacha pyaz, green chillies and boondi raita. Amritsari Chole is Punjabi style chickpea curry.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook amritsari chhole / punjabi style chickpeas gravy using 35 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Amritsari Chhole / Punjabi Style Chickpeas Gravy:
- Get 1 and 1/2 cup chhole / chickpeas
- Take 4 cups water (to soak chickpeas overnight)
- Get Pinch soda powder - to add before soaking (optional)
- Prepare 1 tsp Salt
- Get Ingredients For Masala Potli (bag/bundle of spices)
- Take 1 piece fine markin cloth/cotton white cloth to make small bag
- Prepare 1/2 inch cinnamon stick
- Get 1 black cardamom
- Prepare 6-8 black pepper corns
- Prepare 1 tbsp tea (regular tea)
- Get 2 bay leaves
- Get 1-2 whole red chillies
- Get 1 piece mace
- Make ready Ingredients for gravy
- Make ready 3-4 tbsp ghee / generous amount
- Make ready 2 tbsp mustard oil
- Take 2 large onion (very finely chopped)
- Prepare 6 garlic peeled and crushed
- Make ready 2 inch ginger crushed
- Get 1 large tomato (finely chopped and reseeded)
- Take 2 tbsp coriander powder
- Take 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Get 4-5 cloves
- Take 6-8 black pepper
- Get 1 tbsp dried pomegranate seeds / Anardana (coarsely ground and this is must)
- Prepare 1 tsp ginger powder
- Get 1 tsp amchur/ dry mango powder (optional)
- Prepare 1 tbsp tamarind or 1 chunk of tamarind soaked in water
- Make ready 1 tbsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 2 green chillies chopped / slitted
- Get Pinch asafoetida powder
- Make ready 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Prepare 1 tsp caraway seeds / Shahjeera (optional)
- Make ready For garnishing
- Take as needed Onion rings, coriander leaves, ginger julienne
Punjabi Chole is a creamy, spicy and slightly tangy dish made with chickpeas cooked with fresh onions, ginger, garlic and seasoned with a unique spice blend. Amritsari Chole Recipe is the Punjabi Style Chickpea / Chana Dish cooked in a rich gravy of Onion, Tomatoes, Ginger, Garlic, Chole Masala and Kasuri Methi. Instant pot Amritsari Punjabi Chole recipe without onion, garlic, but same authentic flavors and deep color derived from four unique recipe enhancements. The authentic Amritsari Punjabi Chole recipe requires onion and garlic, however several people do not use onion or garlic in their meal preparations.
Instructions to make Amritsari Chhole / Punjabi Style Chickpeas Gravy:
- Wash and soak chickpeas in 4-5 cup of water, add pinch of soda and 1 tsp of salt, for best results soak for 10-12 hrs, overnight.
- Take a small piece of cotton cloth (non dyed) or an white markin cloth, place the whole spices as mentioned above and 1 tsp of regular tea. Tie a knot tightly. Make spice bag.
- Add chickpeas with 3-4 cups of water and drop bag or spices and boot it in pressure cooker for 10 minutes (2 whistles) or boil it directly with heavy base and heavy lid utensil. To save time I use pressure cooker.
- Take a Kadhai or any heavy bottom pan with lid. Heat it for 1 minute, add 3 tbsp of ghee and 2 tbsp of mustard oil, after oil is hot and changed it's color then add cumin, asafoetida, cloves, while chilli, bay leaf and black pepper. Let spices splatter.
- Add chopped onion, ginger and green chillies and fry for 8 minutes till onion leaves oils add pinch or turmeric and salt, add crushed ginger garlic add 1 or 2 tbsp water in between.
- Fry on medium heat and finely chopped tomato, fry tomatoes for 3-4 minutes
- Add salt to taste, all the powder Masala for gravy as mentioned like coriander powder, ginger powder, red chilli powder, dry mango powder. Fry all spices till oil start separating.
- Now separate Chhole/chickpeas from water. don’t throw the water as it need to be used in gravy, squeeze the potli/spice bag by hand to get spices juice in dark brown water. (Tip even after Chhole is boiled keep them in water till the time we put it in fried spices to get good flavour and creaminess of chickpeas)
- Now add Chhole/chickpeas and mix them nicely and keep stirring for 5 minutes
- Add water now and cook on high flame for few minutes
- When you see bubbles / starts to boil add pomegranate seeds and soaked tamarind.
- Cover the lid but leave some space, don’t fully cover it. Let it boil for 2 minutes, crush some chickpeas with ladle or masher
- Now cover the lid and simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
- Garnish it as per your choice, onion slices, green chillies and ginger julienne., Serve with rice or kulcha.
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