Punjabi pindi chana
Punjabi pindi chana

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, punjabi pindi chana. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pindi Chole is a classic dish from the Punjabi repertoire, which is flavoured with a large assortment of spice powders and other ingredients like ginger, garlic, tomatoes and onions, which lend an irresistible flavour and aroma to it. While it is common in most parts of the country to flavour chole with. This pindi chole recipe is from Rawalpindi Pakistan hence the name Pindi Chane or Pindi Chole.

Punjabi pindi chana is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Punjabi pindi chana is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook punjabi pindi chana using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Punjabi pindi chana:
  1. Make ready 2 cups soaked chickpeas (chana)
  2. Prepare 2 tbsp washed chana dal
  3. Take 1 inch cinnamon stick
  4. Prepare 2 cloves
  5. Take 2 green cardamoms
  6. Take 2 black cardamoms
  7. Prepare 2 tsp cumin seeds
  8. Make ready 2 tsp black tea
  9. Take 2.5 cups water
  10. Take 2 large onions
  11. Get 3 medium tomatoes
  12. Make ready 2 tbsp mustard oil
  13. Take 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
  14. Make ready 4 green chillies
  15. Take 1 tsp red chilli powder
  16. Take 2 tsp coriander powder
  17. Take 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
  18. Prepare 1/2 tsp chhole masala powder
  19. Get as required Salt

Try this easy Chana Pindi recipe today! This chana pindi recipe is something every Punjabi food lover should try at least once. Spicy, filling and delicious, this chana pindi recipe is also ready in under an hour. If you are a fan of North Indian cuisine, this pindi chole recipe will become your favourite.

Instructions to make Punjabi pindi chana:
  1. In a pressure cooker add soaked chana,chana dal,salt,water,whole spices and black tea, tied in a thin clean cloth as shown in picture.(only 1 tsp cumin seeds is to be added now and rest will be used later. Pressure cook for 5 whistles.
  2. Take out the boiled chana (along with water if left) in a bowl and discard the whole spices and tea mix.In a mixer grinder make onion paste (add 2 green chillies)and tomato paste separately.
  3. Pour oil in the kadahi,once heated add cumin seeds and ginger garlic paste.saute it then add onion -greenchilli paste and roast till brown.Add powdered spices and salt,mix it well.
  4. After 2 minutes add tomato puree,2 slit green chillies and cook till oil separates.
  5. Add boiled chana and dal and saute till the thick consistency. Switch off the flame, cover with a lid and leave for 5 minutes. Serve hot with puri or paratha.

My MOST FAVOURITE style of chana masala! This one's often requested by my near and dear ones. The recipe does not have onions and tomatoes added to it hence its dry unlike Punjabi chole. Onions are served in raw form. Pindi chana is basically a more flavourful version of chole masala as compared to regular chana masala.

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