Choley Recipe | How to make chana masala | Punjabi Chole

           

                       

Choley Recipe | How to make chana masala | Punjabi Chole

When you hear the name of "choley"|, you think about the hot and spicy taste. Anything can be eaten with choley such as  bhature, naan, kulcha, aaloo tikkia, poori. Now days choley has become a favourite dish of all over India.

TYPE---MAIN COURSE                 CUISINE---INDIAN                            SERVES---5 SERVING  PREPARATION TIME: 9 HOURS                                                COOKING TIME:40 MINUTES                                               TOTAL TIME:  9 HOURS  40 MINUTES

 INGREDIENTS:   

• 200-gram white choley(soaked in water 9 hrs)

• 2 to 3____pieces of dried amla

• big___onion(finely chopped)

• 2 cloves___garlic(peeled and crushed)

• 1 inch___piece of ginger(grated)

• 2___green chili(chopped) 

• 2 tsp___oil

• 1 tsp___red chili powder 

• 1/2 tsp___turmeric powder

• 1/2 cup___imli ka pani(tamarind water) 

• according to taste____salt

DRY MASALA:

• 1 inch--cinnamon stick

• 2---bay leaves

• 2---black cardamom

• 1 tsp---cumin seeds

• 1 tsp---dry coriander

• 1/2 tsp---Ajwain(carom seeds)

• 2---cloves

• 2---dry red chili

• pinch of hing(asafoetida)

FOR GARNISHING

• 1---onion (round sliced)

• 2---green chili(slit)

METHOD  

• Soak choley in water at least 8 hours. After that, wash the choley with water.

• Put choley in pressure cooker and put 5 cup of water pieces of dry amla and 1/2 tsp salt.

• Keep the flame on high, after 1 whistle, put the flame on low medium and boil it for 20 minutes.

• After 20 minutes, switch off the flame. After leaving the steam of cooker, open the lid.

• Check whether choley are cooked or not. Remove the pieces of amla.

• Heat a pan, roast all the dry masala and thick grind it.

• Heat 3 tsp oil in another pan, put garlic, ginger, green chili and cook it for a while.

• Add chopped onion, when onion is slightly brown, add boiled choley.

• Put salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and mix it well.

• put imli(tamarind)ka paani, cook it for 3 minutes

• Switch off the flame. Put the choley into serving bowl.

• Garnishing it with round sliced onion and slit green chili. You can enjoy it with bhature, kulcha, naan, poori or rice.

TIPS

• When boiling choley ,put some salt.

• Ajwain(carom seeds) and Hing(asafetida)must be used to digest the choley.