Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Pindi Chana

Chana is favourite at home. I have tried this Pindi Chana twice before, its easy to prepare and comes out Tasty. No wonder TH likes this very much. I was wondering why Pindi is first name for this dish. on googling, i found, This Dish is also called as Rawalpindi Chana or Pindi Chole.

Addition of Anardana seeds and Tea makes this dish quite unique. Anardana seeds is nothing but dried pomegranate seeds. it adds up taste in dishes like this.

Pindi Chana


Ingredients:

Kabuli Chana - 1 cup ( Soaked overnight)
Onion - 1
Tomatoes - 2
Ginger - 1 inch size
Ginger Garlic paste - 1tsp
Green Chilli's - 2
Lemon - 1/2

Chole Masala - 1 tsp
Garam Masala - 1 tsp
Corriander Powder - 1 tsp
Tea Bag - 1

Oil - 1 tbsp
Cumin - 1/4 tsp

To Roast and Grind:

1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Anardana seeds ( dried pomegranate seeds)

Pindi Chole

Method:

Soak the Chana Overnight or if you forgot to soak, soak the Chana in warm water for atleast 2 hours in an hotbox. Then Pressure cook the chana with a pinch of cooking soda for upto 5 whistles.

Finely chop the Onion and Ginger. Slit the Green chilli's into thin strips.

Boil 2 tomatoes in a cup of water for 5 mins or Microwave at Very High for 5 minutes. cool it, remove the skin of tomatoes and grind them into Tomato Puree.

Dry Roast the Cumin and Anardana seeds and powder them finely. set aside.

Take a fistfull of chana, add little water and grind it into a paste.

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds and let it roast. add Ginger, Green Chilli and Onion. saute them till onions turn golden colour. Add Ginger-Garlic paste, then add the tomato paste and saute furthur.

Add Garam Masala, Chole Masala, Corriander powder and cumin-anardana powder and mix well with the onion-tomato mix.

Add Cooked Kabuli Chana and wrap them up with the masala's. Add salt to taste. and 1/2 cup of water. add chana paste and mix well. add water if you need it little watery.

Insert a Tea bag into the pan for 2-3 minutes and discard the tea bag. Remove the chana from flame.

Garnish with chopped corriander leaves. add little lemon juice over the pindi chole while serving.

Serve this Pindi Chana with Chapathi, Roti or even with Poori's.

18 comments:

  1. I too tried this recently from nita mehta's cook book,and the tea bag really ads an unique falvor sure :)

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  2. never tried chole by adding tea bags, though i have heard abt this.Wonderful clicks, flavourful channa

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  3. mouthwatering dish looking delicious
    instead of using tea bagss we can use amla powder it will give good color

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  4. Fantastic clicks of a flavorful recipe..

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  5. Absolutely love it truely adding anardana gives it a whole different taste.

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  6. I luv pindi channa...looks flavorful n yummy

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  7. Lovely and delicious recipe.. looks so perfect and tempting.. Love the presentation too :)
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  9. This good way to attempt for the consideration of the work and it work quality.

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  10. Channa looks perfect Lavi. Nice click.

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  11. Lovely pindi chana..super yummm!!!

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  12. Wow! that pindi chana looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. yesterday i made this recipe, it came out really well..i think i made a mistake i overroasted anardana because little bitterness was there....

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    1. thanks for telling me urvashi! yes anardana should be used it correct proportion also!

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  15. hi, could you please let me know that the fistfull of chole that we are supposed to grind - is it from the soaked or the boiled chole? thanks,

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