Recipe: Delicious Pindi Chole

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Pindi Chole. As no grinding, no long frying or sauteing (bhunaoing) is required and no making or powdering the chole masala. All you need is readymade chole masala /chana masala. and the rest everything is easy and quick. Pindi Chole is a classic Punjabi dish cooked in North Indian homes as well as restaurants.

Pindi Chole Pindi chole recipe (pindi chana) - a dry version of making white chickpeas/kabuli chana. This is healthy, delicious and protein packed dish. As the name says, this chana recipe is from Rawalpindi, Punjab (a region of Pakistan). You can cook Pindi Chole using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pindi Chole

  1. It's 200 gm of Kabuli Chana / Chickpeas -.
  2. Prepare 2 of Cinnamon sticks.
  3. It's 2 of Cloves.
  4. You need 1 of Bay leaf.
  5. It's 1 tsp of Turmeric powder.
  6. You need to taste of Salt.
  7. You need 1 tsp of Coriander powder.
  8. You need 1 tsp of Cumin powder.
  9. It's 1 of Tomato.
  10. You need 1 tsp of Garlic ginger paste.
  11. It's of Oil.

This is one of the simple and quick recipe made from chole. Pindi chole is made with white chick peas or kabuli chana, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste and lots of spices. To enhance the colour, we should add a black tea bag while pressure cooking the chana. You can also tea powder or tea leaves in a muslin cloth and add it to pressure cooker if you don't have a tea bag.

Pindi Chole step by step

  1. Soak Kabuli Chana/Chickpeas in water overnight..
  2. Next morning drain out the water, put the chickpeas in water. Add cinnamon sticks, clove and salt in the water. Pressure cook for 20 minutes. Take them out after that..
  3. Put oil in pan. Add the ginger garlic paste. Chop tomato and put it in the same oil. Saute for a while..
  4. Add the chickpeas. Add cumin powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder. Add salt to taste..
  5. Cover with a lid and cook until the chickpeas get cooked. Add water in the pan. Cook in low flame for a while..
  6. Transfer to a plate and serve hot.

Rawal Pindi Chole originated from a place call Rawalpindi in Punjabi and Pakistan where pindi means village. The USP of this recipe is there is no onion or tomato used hence no chopping, grinding that's makes this recipe super quick and easy. Pindi Chole is one of those dishes that will blow you away with just one bite. This chickpea-based dish is best described as a stew-like curry. Pindi Chana (Chole or Masala Chickpeas Cooked With Spices) is a classic dish from the very famous Punjabi cuisine.