Chole masala

Chole masala

Have tou always made chole masala by boiling the chick peas, grinding masals, etc etc etc such a lenghty process... and bored of it? here is such a easy substitute of making delicious chole masala or channa masala, however you call it. this way, the masala sticks better with the chick peas too.

Ingredients:

200 grams chick peas (soaked overnight)
100 grams onions chopped well
100 grams onions grinded into paste
2 green chillies cut in two
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
150 grams tomatoes grinded into paste
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp garam masala
salt as reqd
2 tsp corn flour (optional as thickening agent in case your gravy is too thin after boiled)
coriander leaves to garnish


method:

(If you have pressure cooker at home in which you are used to fry directly you can fry in it, or else fry in a pan and later put the ingredients in a pressure cooker oe electric rice cooker)

1. Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add chopped onions, green chillies and ginger garlic paste and saute well.

2. Add onion paste and cook till smell is gone.

3. Add tomato paste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala and salt and cook till oil seperates.

4. Add the soaked chick peas saute for a minute, pour water to cover the peas and check for salt. The water must be salty.

5. Close the lid and pressure cook for 4 whistles.

6. Open the lid, if the gravy is thin, add corn flour mixed with little water and cook for 3 minutes till gravy thickens.

7. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

This way, all the masala and salt seeps in the chole and tastes better than when first boiling it and then adding masalas. this saves lot of time too.