Charishmas Indian Chole Recipes

INDIAN CHOLE ALOO TIKKI

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and peel.
• Place cooked potatoes into a bowl and add cornstarch, ginger, cumin, cayenne, cilantro, salt, and pepper. Mash together with a fork. Oil your hands with a little vegetable oil and divide the potato mixture into 4 equal portions. Pat each portion into a potato patty about 1/3-inch thick.
• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Fry potato cakes until golden, about 3 minutes on each side. Remove from heat and keep warm.
• Grind peppercorns and cloves with a mortar and pestle.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in red chile peppers, cumin, bay leaves. Add onion, ginger, and garlic. Cook and stir until onion is golden, about 5 minutes. Add pepper-clove mixture, curry powder, and turmeric.
• Mix tomato paste with water. Stir diluted tomato paste and tomato into the skillet. Cook over medium heat until the tomato has softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in chickpeas and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
• Spoon chickpea sauce over the potato cakes and sprinkle with cilantro leaves.

CHOLE (VEGETARIAN INDIAN CHICKPEAS)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Saute onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, and anise; stir. Add chickpeas, tomato sauce, water, chile powder, garam masala, salt, cumin, coriander, turmeric, and clove. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, until chickpeas start to soften, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Mash some of the chickpeas directly in the pot to give the sauce a chunkier consistency. Cover and continue simmering, stirring occasionally, until flavors come together, about 15 minutes. Remove star anise pieces and clove before serving.

CHARISHMA'S INDIAN CHOLE

Steps:

• Boil the chickpeas in an open-mouthed vessel if you have time on your hands. Otherwise, pressure cook the chickpeas soaked overnight(Washed and drained) in a pressure cooker upto 2 whistles.
• Heat oil in a pot.
• Add onions and stir-fry until browned.
• Add tomato paste and cook until it thickens.
• Add the pressure cooked chickpeas along with the water in which they have been pressure cooked. Mix well.
• Add all the spice powders and salt to taste.
• Mix well and cook for a few minutes.
• Garnish with corriander leaves.
• Remove from heat and serve hot with Bhatoora.

CHARISHMA'S SPECIAL METHI CHOLE

Steps:

• Wash the chickpeas in cold water.
• Drain and set aside.
• Heat oil in a medium-sized non-stick skillet.
• Add onion paste, ginger paste and garlic paste.
• Fry till the raw smell of ginger and garlic is gone and the paste mixture begins to leave the sides of the pan.
• Sprinkle few drops of water if the paste becomes too sticky.
• Add the tomato paste and saute.
• Add the corriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and the garam masala powder.
• Add the chickpeas.
• Mix well, cover and cook for 10 minutes on medium flame.
• Add the chopped methi leaves and salt.
• Cook for 5-10 minutes on medium flame.
• Garnish with cilantro and serve immediately with hot rotis (Indian flatbreads) or white bread slices or rice.

NORTH INDIAN SAAG CHOLE (CHICKPEAS AND GREENS)

Steps:

• Wash mustard greens and spinach until all dirt is gone. Trim and remove all fibrous material, then chop greens and set aside.
• Bring 2 cups water and salt to a boil in a large stockpot. Add mustard greens, spinach, cabbage, and broccoli; cook over medium-high heat until soft, about 10 minutes. Puree with an immersion blender until smooth and creamy.
• Combine 1/2 cup water and corn flour in a bowl to make a runny paste with no lumps. Add it to pureed greens and mix until well combined.
• Cover and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Mixture should be a medium consistency and not too runny; add more water if too thick.
• Heat oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Add cumin seeds, then add onions and garlic. Saute until onions are translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, chile pepper, coriander, and ginger. Season with salt to taste. Add chickpeas and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Gradually stir in cooked greens.