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Chola Palak

Apr-18-2017
Arti Mehta
10 minutes
Prep Time
50 minutes
Cook Time
2 People
Serves
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ABOUT Chola Palak RECIPE

Chola is liked by many of us. We can surely enhance its flavor by adding palak (spinach), palak gives a healthy twist to the regular chola and tastes wonderful also.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Everyday
  • Punjabi
  • Blending
  • Boiling
  • Side Dishes
  • Low Fat

Ingredients Serving: 2

  1. Chickpeas (Chola): ¼ cup (50 gms, soaked overnight)
  2. Tomato: 1 big (125 gms)
  3. Onion: 1 medium (70 gms)
  4. Garlic clove: 1
  5. Ginger: a small piece
  6. Curry leaves: 4-5
  7. Spinach (palak): 100 gms (made into puree, 1 cup)
  8. Oil: 1 tbsp
  9. Asafoetida: 1 pinch
  10. Mustard seeds: ¼ tsp
  11. Cumin seeds: ½ tsp
  12. Red chilli powder: ¼ tsp
  13. Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp
  14. Coriander powder: 1 tsp
  15. Chola masala: 1 ½ tsp
  16. Chaat masala: ½ tsp
  17. Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves): ½ tsp
  18. Water: 2 cups
  19. Coriander leaves: 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
  20. Salt as per taste

Instructions

  1. Boil the chickpeas with 1 cup water and salt in a pressure cooker for about 20 minutes or for 8-10 whistles. Switch off the flame and let the pressure release by itself.
  2. Grind together onion, garlic and ginger.
  3. In a pan heat oil. Add asafoetida and mustard seeds. Let the seeds crackle. Add cumin seeds and curry leaves. Fry for a few seconds.
  4. Add the onion paste. Mix well. Stir continuously until the raw smell of onion has leaves the pan.
  5. Grind the tomato.
  6. Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and chola masala. Mix well.
  7. Add the tomato paste. Mix well. Cook until oil is released from tomatoes.
  8. Add the spinach puree. Mix well and cook for about 7-8 minutes.
  9. Add the boiled chickpeas cook for other 10-15 minutes. Add chaat masala and kasuri methi. Mix well.
  10. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with roti, paratha, puri or bhatura.
  11. Super delicious “Chola Palak” is ready!

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Shashi Bhargava
Apr-19-2017
Shashi Bhargava   Apr-19-2017

Looks delicious...

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