Masala Chole. Punjabi chole masala or chana masala is one of the most popular curry dishes from India. In fact in north India no wedding or party is complete until you have chole masala on the menu. This Punjabi Chana Masala or Chole Masala is an authentic North Indian style Chickpea Curry made with white chickpeas, freshly powdered spices, onions, tomatoes and herbs.

Indian Chole masala - is a lip-smacking gravy which goes well with jeera rice or roti. I took the opportunity and made my version of Indian Chole Masala. What is chole its called garbanzo beans. You can have Masala Chole using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Masala Chole

Prepare 3 tsp of Oil.
Prepare 1 cup of Chickpeas.
You need 1 of onion chopped.
You need 2 of tomatoes puree.
It's 1/2 tsp of Red chilli powder.
It's 1 pinch of Turmeric powder.
It's To taste of Salt.
You need 1 tsp of Chole (chana Masala).
You need 1 tsp of Ginger Garlic paste.
Prepare 1 tsp of Cumin seeds.
It's 1 of Tea bag.
You need As needed of Water.
You need As needed of chopped fresh coriander leaves.

Freshly ground chole masala - For making this Punjabi chole recipe, whole spices are dry roasted Chole masala - This is a popular Punjabi chole recipe made with white chickpeas, onion, tomato and. Chole Masala is an Indian food recipe (Punjab). Chole, a Punjabi dish, is regularly cooked in my kitchen. We generally eat chole as a evening snack garnished with chopped onions and coriander.

Masala Chole instructions

First of all, Wash the channas and Soak them overnight in water.....
Now, Take a cooker, Add water and pinch of salt and Add soaked channas and also put tea bag in cooker....Close the lid and boil it for 2 -3 whistles....
Now take a pan, Heat Oil..And then add cumin seeds, onions and ginger garlic paste and cook until turns golden brown......
Then add salt, red chilli and turmeric powder and also tomato puree......Mix all well and cook until oil separates.....
Add Boiled channas and little water and add Choley Masala and Cook for 15 minutes more.....
Garnish with onions slices and Coriander leaves.....
Serve hot with roti, puri, naan, lacha Parantha and rice etc.

You can also use readymade chole masala if you have one. But the recipe as such does not require chole masala it just needs an aromatic garam masala. If you do not have both, just go ahead using a. Chole also known chickpea, garbanzo, and kable chana, Chana Masala is a cooked in a spicy tomato gravy. This is a very popular, served with Naan, Tandori Roti.