Restaurant Style Chole Masala Recipe | High Protein Lunch/Dinner Recipe

Restaurant Style Chole Masala Recipe

This is a high protein indian vegetarian curry recipe. Try this restaurant style chole masala recipe. This is a perfect lunch or dinner recipe. This chole masala goes well with hot puri, bhatura rice or even roti. You can even spread this chickpea curry on bread and toast it to make a delicious chole sandwich with your leftovers.

Ingredients

• Chick peas (chole) - 1 cup (Soaked in water over night)

• Onion -1 Big size

• Tomato - 2 Big size

• Ginger - a small size

• Ginger - julliene

• Garlic - 6 cloves

• Green chilies - 4 slit

• Channa masala - 2 tsp

• Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

• Cumin powder - ½ tsp

• Red chilli powder - ¼ tsp

• Amchur (dry mango) powder - ½ tsp

• Ghee - 1 tbsp

• Oil - 2 tbsp

• Caram seeds (omam) - ¼ spoon

• Salt to taste

• Water - 2 cups

• Sliced onion rings and coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

1. Wash soaked chole with water. Add 2 cups of water and 1/4 tsp salt and cook it in a pressure cooker it high flame, after the first whistle, cook it in low flame for 15 minutes.

2. In a heavy pan pour oil and heat it well.

3. Add chopped onion and sauté it well.

4. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté it till the paste becomes golden brown.

5. Then add chopped tomato in the pan and add ½ tsp salt.

6. Add chole masala, cumin powder, chili powder and amchur powder. Saute it well and and simmer it for 5 minutes.

7. When the oil oozes out from the pan add cooked chole and half cup of water and cover it with lid, let it simmer for 10 minutes.

8. For tempering - take a small pan, add ghee and heat it well. Remove the pan from heat. Add carom seed, green chilies and ginger julienne. Fry it and pour it in the chole masala.

9. Transfer the chole masala to a serving bowl and garnish it with onions and coriander leaves

Note : The carom seed should not get burnt. Always remove the heated ghee from the flame and do tempering.

Restaurant Style Chole Masala Recipe Video