Chole (Curried Garbanzos)
"This is a very popular Punjabi dish (Punjab is a state in North India). For more information on some of the Indian spices used in this recipe, refer to http://www.foodsubs.com/SpiceInd.html . This recipe is posted by request, from "Vegetable Delights" by Malini Bisen."
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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7 cups
- Serves:
- 14
ingredients
- 8 cups cooked chickpeas
- 1 tablespoon oil or 1 tablespoon ghee (Use ghee for a richer, but non-vegan version; ghee is clarified butter)
- 4 green chilies, chopped
- 1 inch ginger, peeled,finely chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1 1⁄2 cups boiled peeled diced potatoes
- 1 teaspoon salt, to taste
- 1 teaspoon dried mango powder or 1/4 cup tamarind pulp
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄2 bunch fresh coriander, chopped
- 1 cinnamon stick, ground
- 3 cloves, ground
- 6 black peppercorns, ground
directions
- Mash one teaspoon of the cooked chickpeas.
- Heat oil or ghee in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
- When heated, add the chopped green chilies and ginger, stir.
- Remove the skillet from the flame and add the red chili powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
- Stir, and return the skillet to the flame.
- Add the diced potatoes and saute for about 8 minutes or until the potatoes turn golden brown.
- Now add the cooked chickpeas and salt.
- Saute for a minute, and then add the 1 teaspoon of mashed chickpeas, and mango powder or tamarind pulp.
- Add 1 cup water and bring to a vigourous boil.
- Garnish with chopped coriander and sprinkle with the ground spices.
- Serve hot with baturas (deep fried Indian bread), or rotis (common Indian flatbread), or nan (thick Indian bread).
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Reviews
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This was a very delicious dish that was easy to prepare that both my husband and I enjoyed! I used canned chickpea/garbanzos to make this a quick and easy meal! It smelled so good while it was cooking I was lucky to have food there when it was finished (I was nibbling along the way). We were delighted to try a chole without a tomato-based sauce as we hadn't had that before. It turned out very nicely with the mango powder. The spicing in this was nice, not too hot, I think, for some to be able to go ahead and try as it is. There will be some heat, but your eyes won't be filled with tears! For others, like me, they can ramp up the heat if they wish! :) I did add some more water towards the end to keep the consistency nice and moist but that's no problem. This is a great dish to serve with curried vegetables, and nice warm breads! If I had room I'd go eat some more! Great job, Anu! Thanks for the recipe! -
i didn't think potato gels so well with the chickpeas. tomato would be better suited. i would also add some tamarind to lend it some zip. -
I halved this recipe and made this yesterday for lunch to serve as a main dish with hot rotis. I had soaked the chickpeas overnight and I did not go for canned chickpeas. I used 2 1/2 cups of water to bring this to a boil(with reference to step 9 in the recipe) as 1/2 cup was very little - it was more of a dry chole dish with only 1/2 a cup of water. Most importantly, Punjabi food is "heavily" spiced up and "must" be very "khatta" to be authentic Punjabi food. Being the daughter of a Punjabi woman, I can swear that I have eaten alot of Punjabi food and it's always been very "tikha"(spicy) and "khatta"(Sorry, I'm not able to get the English word for khatta right now) - these are 2 prime requirements for a dish to be called a Punjabi dish other than it being bursting with flavour! This recipe uses a minimum of all the spices and it really wasn't khatta at all and hence the taste was not as I'd expected. I added 1/2 a tsp. more of amchur powder but it didn't work out. My mom told me that her sis makes excellent Punjabi chole and she uses a combo of both amchur powder and tamarind pulp - and she's married to a Punjabi man too and is a pickle expert:) I'm sorry I'm not able to give 5 stars to this dish, though, personally, I "did" like the idea of using only 1/2 a tbsp. of oil in it. It really has to be more spicier and more khatta to be tasty and Punjabi food, both. My mom suggests you add more tamarind pulp and mango(amchur) powder as well as some tomatoes(peeled and chopped) to this to make it really tasty and a meal to remember.
