Preparation time: 6 hours Cooking time: 30 minutes Very delicious and special chickpeas soup, best Punjabi chole masala
Ingredients
Chickpeas / chole - 1 cup
Tomato / tamatar - 2 large size
Onion / pyaz - 2 medium size
Ginger / adrak - 2.5 tsp, paste
Garlic / lahsun - 1.5 tsp, paste
Roasted coriander / bhuna dhania - 2 tsp, powder
Roasted cumin / bhuna jeera - 2 tsp, powder
Red chili / lal mirch - 2.5 tsp, powder
Turmeric / haldi - 1.5 tsp, powder
Garam masala - 1.5 tsp, powder
Black tea leaves - 1.5 tsp
Tamaraind / imli - according to taste
Salt - as needed
Oil - 2 tbsp
Water - 1.5 cup
Instructions
Soak white chickpeas in warm water for atleast 5 to 6 hours, then drain water and take chickpeas for further use
Blend perfectly ripe tomato and onion one by one, soak tamarind in water, add tea leaves in hot water (strain tea before using) and keep those for further use
Heat oil in a wok and add ginger and garlic paste, saute both for 1-2 minutes
Now add onion paste & salt and cook till onion paste changes color to light brown
Add tomato paste or tomato puree and mix with ginger garlic onion paste and cook till it releases oil
Now spread all powder-spices (coriander, cumin, red chili, turmeric) and mix with all other ingredients
Now add soft chickpeas (soaked in water), tea extracts & tamarind water and mix all ingredients and cook for another 5 minutes
Now pour enough water and boil till it is cooked properly and then adjust curry according to your need
Spread garam masala over the chickpeas soup and mix properly
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