Thursday, May 6, 2010

Pindi Chana

This is the most authentic punjabi chole recipe I've tried so far.
 Ingredients
• Kabuli Chana- 400 gms
• Gram flour -20 gms
• Oil- 5 tbsp
• Ajwain- ½ tsp
• Anardana powder- 3 tbsp
• Amchoor powder- 2 tbsp
• Chilli powder- 1 tbsp
• Black salt powder- ½ tbsp
• Kasoori methi powder- ½ tbsp
• Cumin powder- 1 tbsp
• Soda bicarbonate- a pinch
• Salt- to taste

For the pouch

• Black cardamoms- 6
• Cimmamon sticks- 2 inches
• Cloves- 4
• Ginger- 20 gms
• Tea leaves- 1 tbsp

Soak the Kabuli chana overnight.
Tie the ingredients of the pouch in a muslin cloth.
Pressure cook the chana with the soda powder,the pouch and 1 litre of water.
Heat the remaining oil and add the ajwain, stir till it crackles.
Add the gram flour and stir till the aroma comes.
Add the rest of the ingredients and stir for a minute.
Add the cooked chana and mix well.
Garnish with the items mentioned for garnishing.
Serve hot with poori, bhature, or naan, garnished with onions and green chillies

15 comments:

  1. Ummmm very beautiful presentation......mouthwatering....i love tis channa very much...

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  2. looks spicy and delicious.. looks sooo tempting dear!!

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  3. Chana looks fabulous ans spicy ...lovely click

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  4. Thats a tempting pindi channa, looks awesome..

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  5. looks so spicy delicious and very tempting dear.

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  6. anjum,superb yarr.very spicy one..looks so delicious..lovely pic too

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  7. I like this one ...all i do at home is chole ...i seriously need to try different recipes of chana :) thnx

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  8. Hmm..fabulous chana! Love the shots!

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  9. Chana looks very delicious.Lovely pic.

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  10. Wonderful recipe. I always loved it and wanted to try it, but never knew how. Thanks for the recipe.

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  11. mouth watering... would love to have this w/ batura... yum....

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  12. Wow i'm going to try this recipe soon :)

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  13. A very beautiful version,sure to give it a try.Lovely click.

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  14. Looks so tempting and tasty.

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