Pindi Chana is a delightful tasty curry made by cooking chana with tempered spices in tomato & onion based puree. Pindi Chana also called Pindi Chole is a great side dish for poori, roti, chapati and other flat breads. Pindi Chole Recipe is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
I badly wanted to try pindi chana(punjabi chole) as I have tasted it in restaurants and also in ready to eat. I got the ingredients ready and totally forgot about it.Then a sudden urge last month and I finally made this, should I say about the taste…? It was a totally different from the usual chana masala we make, am sure this will add on to my fav sidedishes for roti or even poori.I referred the recipe from a cookbook by MenuRani Chellam.
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Pindi Chana | Pindi Chole
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup white chana
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1.5 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- tomato puree from 2 medium sized tomatoes
- 2 green chillies slitted
- 1 tea bag
- 1/4 inch piece cinnamon
- 1 cardamom
- 3/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1 teaspoon amchur powder / dry mango powder
- 1 tablespoon coriander leaves finely chopped
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Dry roast cumin and anardana seeds till nice aroma rises, and grind it to a coarse powder, Set aside.
- Soak chana overnight and pressure cook with enough water along with tea bag, cinnamon and cardamom for 6-7 whistles.
- Drain water and keep chana aside .Reserve drained water.
- Heat oil in a pan add onion, ginger garlic paste and green chillies saute till golden brown.
- Add the tomato puree, roasted powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and required salt. Sauté till raw smell leaves.
- Then add reserved boiled water. Allow it to boil for few mins. Once it becomes thick like a semi thick gravy add the cooked chana.
- Add amchur powder , give a quick stir and let chana absorb the gravy well.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and switch off.
- Add lemon juice while serving along with onion rings.
- Serve hot Pindi Chana with phulkas / pooris.
Notes
- Usually pindi chana is semi dry but if you want more gravy then add 1 more tomato for making the puree.
- Don't skip amchur powder and anardhana seeds they give a great flavour to the curry.
- If you have big cardamom use it, I don't have, so skipped and used green cardamom itself. The darker color is because of the teabag , it gives a great flavour to the gravy.
- You will get Pomegranate seeds in Nuts and Spices.
Pindi Chana Recipe Step by Step
- Dry roast cumin and anardana seeds till nice aroma rises, and grind it to a coarse powder, Set aside. Soak chana overnight and pressure cook with enough water along with tea bag,cinnamon and cardamom for 6-7 whistles.Drain water and keep chana aside.Reserve drained water.Heat oil in a pan add onion, ginger garlic paste and green chillies saute till golden brown.
- Add the tomato puree,roasted powder,red chilli powder,garam masala powder and required salt. Saute till raw smell leaves.Then add reserved boiled water.
- Allow it to boil for few mins.Once it becomes thick like a semi thick gravy add the cooked channa.
- Add amchur powder , give a quick stir and let chana absorb the gravy well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and switch off.Add lemon juice while serving along with onion rings.
Serve hot with phulkas / pooris.
Expert Tips
- Usually pindi channa is semi dry but if you want more gravy then add 1 more tomato for making the puree.
- Dont skip amchur powder and anardhana seeds they give a great flavour to the curry.
- If you have big cardamom use it, I dont have, so skipped and used green cardamom itself.The darker color is because of the teabag , it gives a great flavour to the gravy.
- You will get Pomegranate seeds in Nuts and Spices.
Nivedhanams Sowmya
Delicious and super tempting!!!! very nicely done..
Sowmya
Prathima Rao
A fav & popular way of relishing chole..Looks too yummm!!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
ramya
Delicious looking chole! Great clicks!
Suja Manoj
Drool worthy,looks so yummy
Priya Suresh
Who can resist to this wonderful and delicious pindi Chole.
Teena Mary
Very tasty looking dish! Tea bag concept is new for me too! Interesting!
Sireesha Puppala
That's awesome liked this a lot
Sona S
looks absolutely delicious and tempting..
Nagalakshmi V
i prefer mine with more gravy the husband absolutely loves this!
uma shankar
yummy can eat it just like that!
Sangeetha Nambi
Super perfect and real soft roti too…
Uma Ramanujam
I prepare it with little more gravy.. Looks very perfect…
Saranya Balaji
super delicious gravy…
Peggy G.
This looks delicious!
JEYASHRI SURESH
Very yummy and delicious one, perfect side for rotis
Nithya
Yummy it looks. I recently bought this pindi channa from the ready food by ashirvad and loved it. Happy to see the recipe here.