Paneer chole masala, Punjabi style chole masala with paneer
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Recipe type: Main
Serves: 3-4 people
 
Preparation time: 12 hours Cooking time: 25 minutes Very delicious, favorite Punjabi paneer chole masala recipe
Ingredients
  • Chickpeas / chole - 1 cup
  • Paneer - 150 gm
For masala preparation
  • Tomato/tamatar - 1 large
  • Onion/pyaz - 2 medium
  • Ginger/adrak - ½ inch
  • Garlic/lahsun - 3-4 cloves
  • Cumin/jeera - 1.5 tsp, powder
  • Coriander/dhania - 2 tsp, powder
  • Dry mango powder/ aamchur - 1.5 tsp
  • Red chili/ lal mirch - 2 tsp, powder
  • Tea/chai - 2 tsp
  • Salt - as needed
  • Oil - 1.5 tbsp
  • Water - 1.5 cup
  • Coriander leaves/dhania patta - 2 branches, garnishing purpose, optional
  • Lemon wedges - 2, optional
Instructions
  1. Wash chickpeas in running water and then soak those in water for 8-9 hours, drain water after completion of that period
  2. Now cut paneer into small cubes and fry in oil till it turns slightly brown in color
  3. Then heat oil in a cooking pan and add ginger, garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes away
  4. Now add onion paste, spread pinches of salt and cook till onion releases oil and color of that paste turns to little darker
  5. Then spread dry mango powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and red chilli powder and mix with all other ingredients in the cooking pan
  6. Pour tomato paste and cook till it cooked perfectly
  7. Now boil tea leaves in a separate cooking pot and strain tea leaves to get tea extract and pour that tea liquor in that cooking pan
  8. Once you add tea liquor and cook with other ingredients then it will turn to become more darker in color, and a nice aroma will be in air
  9. Add all soaked chickpeas to that pan, fry for next 5 minutes, and pour some additional water and let it start boiling, wait to adjust thickness of gravy
  10. Switch off flame, spread coriander leaves for garnishing, serve it with naan, roti
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