Healthy Chhole: Chole is a grain that is very beneficial for health. It contains a lot of nutrients. Such as vitamins, minerals and fiber. Chole is made in different ways in every state. You can eat chole as a salad, as a gravy vegetable, and also as a chaat.
By including the consumption of chickpeas in our routine diet, we get elements like calories, fiber, protein, iron and copper. Which is very beneficial for our health. The taste of chickpeas makes our mouth water. Its special thing is that eating chickpeas keeps the hunger under control.
Let’s see what ingredients we need to make these delicious chole:
500 grams of chickpeas
Four large onions
Two tomatoes
Two tablespoons ginger-garlic paste
One teaspoon turmeric powder
One teaspoon cumin powder
One teaspoon red chili powder
One teaspoon coriander powder
One teaspoon black pepper powder
One tablespoon garam masala powder
Four tablespoons mustard oil
Two bay leaves
Two to three dried red chilies
One tablespoon chole masala
Salt according to taste
Method of making chole:
Soak the chickpeas overnight. Put four tablespoons of oil in the cooker and when it is hot, add cumin, red chili and bay leaves. After the tempering crackles, fry the finely chopped onion until it turns golden and as soon as the onion is fried, add all the ground masala and cook for 5 minutes. Add finely chopped tomatoes, four teaspoons of water and fry it well until it releases oil. After all the spices are fried properly, stir in the chole masala and garam masala dal. Finally, keep the soaked chickpeas in it for 5 minutes. Add salt to taste and after 6 to 7 whistles, turn off the gas.
In this recipe, we have not boiled the chickpeas. This will make your chickpeas even more delicious and will also save your time. Once you try making chickpeas in this way, you will forget the market chickpeas.
Now your perfect chickpeas are ready! Serve it with puri, rice or your favorite dish.