How to prepare chick peas curry ?
Ingredients:
- chole/ chick peas – 2 cups
- tomatoes – 3
- chilli – 1
- ginger – half inch piece
- cumin seeds – 2 tsp
- carom seeds – 1 tsp
- asafoetida – a pinch
- turmeric powder- a pinch
- red chilli powder/ cayenne pepper- 1 tsp
- butter/ ghee – 2 tbsp
- chole masala powder – 1 tbsp
- salt to taste
- fresh coriander leaves – 1 tbsp (garnish)
- juice of half a lemon
- sugar – 1/2 tsp (optional)
Procedure:
- Soak chole overnight.
- Pressure cook them and keep aside.
- Place the tomatoes, chilli and ginger in a blender and blend them into a paste and keep aside (if you want the gravy to be thick just add a 3 tbsp of boiled whole to the tomatoes and blend together).
- In a wok/ kadai, heat the butter or ghee on medium high heat. Once the ghee/ butter is hot add the cumin and carom seeds and asafoetida and fry it for a minute.
- To the above add red chilli powder/ cayenne pepper and fry it for a minute. Now, add the chole masala powder and fry it for a minute .
- To the above add the tomatoes paste and roast it.
- Add the boiled / cooked chole to the tomatoes and add salt and mix well.
- Let them boil for 10 minute for the peas to soak the masalas. Mash the peas a little bit with a potato masher and mix well.
- Now, remove form heat. Add lemon juice , sugar(optional) and coriander and mix well.
- Serve the chole sabzi with rotis/ puris or rice to Krishna and enjoy His prasadam.
