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Home Dish Rice- chole curry (Chole-chawal)

Rice- chole curry (Chole-chawal)

Name: How to cook Rice- chole curry (Chole-chawal) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Susmita Patnaik

Rice- chole curry (Chole-chawal)

This is one of the comfort foods at my home... this chole curry is very versatile...it can be eaten with rice/ poori/ paratha/ masala kulcha/ naan or even as chaat... It's best to pack in tiffin box for kids or even for office... It is very delicious...try for yourself:) #cookpad #chole #curry #cc2022 #lunch #cholechawal

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 persons

Cooking time :

30 minutes

1 cup

raw chickpeas (soaked overnight)

as per taste

Salt

as per taste

Whole spices like bay leaf, black pepper, cardamom

1/4 tsp

turmeric powder

as required

Water covering 1 inch above the chickpeas

medium size onion

medium size tomato

as required

Whole spices(cardamom,2 cloves,few black peppercorns, cinnamon)

1/2 tsp

red chili powder

1 tsp

chole masala

1/2 tsp

sugar

1/ 2 tbsp

coriander powder

1/2 tsp

cumin powder

as required

Water

30 ml

oil

1/2 tsp

cumin seeds

1 tbsp

ginger garlic paste

as required

Boiled flavoured chickpeas with its water

1/2 tsp

garam masala

as Required

Finely chopped coriander leaves

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a pressure cooker, boil chickpeas with the above-mentioned ingredients for 5 whistles. Let it cool and release pressure. Keep aside.

* Step 2

Next for masala paste, in a blender jar, put the above-mentioned ingredients and make a paste.

* Step 3

* Step 4

Next heat a kadhai with oil. Splutter cumin seeds. Put the prepared masala paste. Add ginger garlic paste. Mix and cook the masala

* Step 5

As masala is cooked,it gives an awesome aroma. At this point, add the boiled chickpeas. Do not throw the water. We will add that later for making the gravy...that water is full of flavours and it also gives nice thickness to the curry.

* Step 6

After adding chickpeas, mix well and let it cook for some time. Give a mix intermittently. Chickpeas get nicely combined with the masala. Next add the water of the boiled chickpeas. Put chopped coriander leaves and let it cook at medium heat.

* Step 7

Next add garam masala. Now using a masher mash some chickpeas. It makes the gravy thick. Cook till the preferred consistency... It's ready... Garnish with some more coriander leaves.