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Today I will be making cholay (chickpeas).
These are Punjabi cholay and eaten with bhaturas.
Cholay batura it tastes great.
This cholay you can serve with naan or any their Indian breads.
But goes best with bhaturas.
This recipe will serve 2-4.
I have 1 cup of chickpeas (garbanzo or kabuli chana).
2 medium tomatoes which I have already blended.
2 tea bags
3 tablespoons of oil
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1 tablespoon of besan or gram flour
1 chopped green chilli
About 1/2 inch chopped ginger.
1 tablespoon of coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon of black salt
1/2 teaspoon of garam masala
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of black salt and this is optional.
And 1 teaspoon of mango powder.
Here I have green chillies to garnish.
I have 4 cups of water which I have boiled with 2 tea bags.
So I am going to wash chickpeas really good
and soak this chickpeas
in tea water for about 6-8 hours.
Here I already have chickpeas soaked for about 8 hours.
And as you see they have become about double the size.
After soaking little bit more than double.
Boil the chickpeas using pressure cooker on high heat.
Add the ginger.
And close it.
After it comes to boil and you will see the steam
then you can do the heat to medium.
And let it boil for about 10 minutes.
Chickpeas are ready.
If you see they are soft.
They were boiled for about 10 minutes.
Heat is on, medium high.
Going to add oil.
And first I am going to fry these green chillies
which I am going to use for garnishing.
So I have just cut it slightly from the center.
This will take about a minute.
These pepper are ready.
You can see some white blisters on the skin.
Cumin seeds
Chickpea flour (besan)
Just stir fry for few seconds.
And add the tomatoes.
Stir fry for about 2 minutes and you will see some oil
start coming from the sides.
Tomatoes are ready and as you see it has started leaving the oil.
So it’s time to add coriander powder.
Black salt
Chillies
And stir fry for another minute.
Add salt.
And black salt.
Black salt is optional.
Add the garbanzos (chickpeas).
Let it cook for about 10 minutes on low medium heat.
This has been about 10 minutes.
So smelling really good.
Just press few chickpeas.
And add garam masala.
And amchoor powder.
And about 1/4 cup of water.
For the best taste let this cook on low heat
for about 20-30 minutes.
Cholas are ready
and they look great.
I am going to garnish them with these green chillies.
I like hot so they are just perfect.
Cholas are smelling and looking great.
And I am ready to try.
How about you?
I am going to see you again with a new recipe soon.
Thank you.