Chole Recipe / Mom's Style Delicious Chana Curry....No Tomatoes, Onions Gravy

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# Today I am Sharing a quick and delicious "Mom's Style Instant Chole Recipe"

#  My mother cooks a very delicious Chole without adding much oil and tomatoes even. It is very yum with the flavour of whole spices and Tadka of asafoetida and red chillie powder.

# Tiny bites of fresh green chillies, ginger and coriander leaves makes it amazing in a very simple way and in no time.

Let us start the recipe of "Mom's Style Chole"

# Prep Time...5 minutes

# Cook Time....10 minutes maximum

# Servings...3 to 4

# Cuisine... Indian

# Course...Main, side dish...best goes with poori, Parantha, bhature, rice

# Ingredients For "Chole or Chana Masala Curry"....

# Ingredients For Chana at the time of soaking...

1. Kabuli chana....150 gram ( soaked in water overnight

2. Salt to taste....3/4 Table spoon

3. Baking soda....3 pinch or 1/4 Tea spoon

4. Amla powder...1/2 Tea spoon or 2 pieces of dry Amla for making it black

5. Whole spices......1 bay leaf, 4 cloves, javitri, cinnamon stick, 1 black cardamom.

#  Method Of Making....

# Firstly, wash the Chana well in the water for 5 to 6 times.

Then soak them overnight in the sufficient water because after soaking it will enlarge.

# Then in the morning...cook the Chole in the pressure cooker with the same soaked water adding Salt, baking soda, Amla and whole spices.

# Let it cook on the high flame till 1 whistle and 5 minutes more on the slowest flame.

 

#  Let the pressure down by itself, and check it soft and consistency of Chole as required.

#  As you find that it is well cooked till soft. Just mash 2 table spoon Chole a  little for making it thick.

just add chopped fresh green chillies and ginger and coriander leaves.

#  Ingredients For Chole...

1. Garam masala...1/2 Table spoon

2. Chole masala......1/2 Table spoon

3. Coriander powder....,.1/2 Table spoon

4. Roasted cumin powder....1/2 Tea spoon

5. Amchur powder.....3/4 Table spoon

6. Lemon juice....1 lemon

# Add other spices like garam masala, Chole masala, amchur powder, roasted cumin powder,  coriander powder in the cooked Chole.

You can add these spices  mixing in a little water like Halwais style or add directly as choice. 

Just mix the spices and cook it for 3 or 4 minutes.

# Lastly... add the tadka of asafoetida and red chilli powder.

# Ingredients For Tadka...

1. Oil or ghee....3 Table spoon

2. Pinch of asafoetida

3. Red chillie powder...1/2 Tea spoon or as taste.

In this way,  you can make instantly a very delicious Chole with poori, Aloo Tikki, bhature and rice in a quick and healthy way.

# Things to Consider...

1. Soaked water of Chole is full of nutrients....if you cook your Chole with the same water it is more healthy and has its own sweet taste. Other benefit is that it  takes less time to be soft.

( Our old mothers and even Halwais follow this step.

# You can add 2 pinch of turmeric powder for a nice yellow texture.

Some street vendors add turmeric powder for a yellow colour texture.

#. You can add finely chopped tomatoes or tomatoes gravy in this recipe as choice. 

# You also can add fresh coarsely grounded few black pepper and cloves for a nice aroma and taste.

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