Pindi Chole Recipe By Chef Kunal Kapur

Looking for a dhaba style ‘Pindi Chole’ recipe that you can easily prepare at home? Worry not! Chef Kunal Kapur is here to the rescue as he brings authentic dhaba food to your dinner table.

Want to know the best part about this recipe? These cholas are prepared in minimum oil, with aromatic spices and without any onion or tomatoes!

Ingredients

• 250 grams Pindi Chole
• 1 tbsp tea leaves
• 1 tbsp cloves
• 3-4 cinnamon sticks
• 5-3 green cardamom pods
• 2-3 Bay leaves
• Pinch of salt
• 100 grams sliced ginger
• 2-3 slit green chillies
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp red chili powder
• 1 tbsp dhaniya powder
• 1 tbsp jeera powder
• 1 tbsp pomegranate powder
• 1 tbsp dry mango powder
• 1 tsp kasuri methi powder
• 2 tbsp ajwain
• 4-5 garlic cloves
• A pinch of black salt
• 1 tbsp tamarind water

Method

• Soak your pindi chole in a large bowl of water overnight.
• In a small muslin cloth take some tea leaves, cloves, cinnamon sticks, cardamoms and bay leaves. Tie the cloth and place it in your pindi chole pot with a pinch of salt.
• Cover the pot with a lid and allow your cholas to boil for an hour.
• Once your cholas are boiled, add turmeric powder, red chili powder, dhaniya powder, jeera powder, pomegranate powder, dried mango powder, and kasuri methi powder.
• In a pan, prepare a tadka by heating some oil and add ajwain, sliced ginger, slit green chilis and garlic cloves.
• Add this tadka on top of the boiled cholas and mix it well.
• Por a little stalk to the pot and allow it to boil.
• Add a pinch of table salt and black salt to this and mix well.
• Cover the pot and let the cholas cook for a while so they become a little mashy.
• Serve them hot and top it with some fresh cilantro.