Chole Poori
Its was chole poori time yesterday. My child’s favourite.
This time i made chole differently as I try to improve my chole curry to get that oomph factor and my hubby is a critical critic, he wouldn’t simply say its nice when its not and I wait for his verdict every time I make anything becoz that way I can only improve.
Its Thursday, my exercise and swim night so arranged everything on the table and told him to have it when he came home hungrily after a hectic stressful journey from London and dashed off to my exercise class and then my swim with one of my friend. Anyway came back late at 11:00 only be praised by my lovely hubby
I walked in and there he was waiting to tell that he had one of the most wonderful dish and how it reminded him of his college days in Pune, and that wonderful city’s lovely Punjabi restaurants It was a nice surprise, he absolutely loved it, he kept on praising me and I was like totally over the moon guys!!!
Now now now!! here comes the best bit ie., my recipe:
Chickpeas: 2 cups(soaked overnight and boiled with chilli powder and turmeric)
(make a paste of 1 handful of boiled chickpeas)
Tomatoes: 3 to 4
Onions: 2
Green chillies: 2
Chana masala: 2 tbsp
Ginger-garlic paste: 1tsp.
Turmeric and Chilli powder: 1 tsp each
Salt to taste
How to make:
Fry onions and chillies in 1 tbsp of oil until the onions turn soft, now add ginger- garlic paste and saute for couple of min, i tend to add chana masala now as it release its aroma when u fry in oil.
Now add tomatoes, chilli powder, salt and turmeric and saute for 5 min.Now the chickpeas paste first and saute for 5 more min and then add chole along with the water boiled.
As soon as the water reduces, garnish with coriander and serve with hot poories!!!
Yum Yum!!!!
Stumble it!
March 31st, 2007 at 4:16 pm
March 31st, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Yum yum indeed. That made me so hungry!!
April 1st, 2007 at 9:51 am
Exactly, my critic was overwhelmed!!!so it made my day!!
thank u for dropping by sig
April 1st, 2007 at 9:52 am
hey mallika,
thanks for dropping by
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:43 am
Hi Paddu, my first time here. You have an attractive blog. “Oomph factor”
I also liked your bean-tomato salad pix
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:07 am
thank u sra!!!
nice to have u here!!
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Padma, its been a while since I visited you and must say I am super impressed with you images. Absolutely wonderful work there.:)
I love chole with puri and so does Satish and you pictures is tempting me to prepare it sometime soon.:)
Sailaja
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:03 pm
hey sailu welcome back and thank u for dropping by and for u’r kind words.Earlier i didn’t concentrate on my photography sailu as i used to just a click and imme upload.
But now i am trying to understand my camera!!!! but its hard though!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 10:23 am
I still can’t understand my camera.:(
Sailaja
April 4th, 2007 at 10:34 am
ya until i saw u’r pictures, i haven’t thought how good any picture make a recipe look perfect.So i slowly started thinking about the camera now!!
u are a perfectionist and there is no doubt about it!!
April 4th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Hi Paddukoti,
“Chole Poori” looks so delicious and this is my favorite dish.
Your white bean and tomato salad is excellent idea.
I think it is very testy and good for health.
Very nice presentation with good photo.
Baking Spre………no words for that.
Basically I love cake and fresh backed bread.
You have very nice blog.:)
April 4th, 2007 at 11:33 am
luks very yummy….
thanks for ur comments will try and keep posting new recipes freq
April 4th, 2007 at 11:41 am
hey thank u sabita for dropping by!!
its nice to see u here!!
April 4th, 2007 at 11:42 am
hey kajal!! its so nice of u to drop by and leave these sweet little notes!!!
it means a lot and thank u so much!!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Hi Padma, thanks a lot for dropping by . I am a all time fan of puri and chole. but the only thing is someone has to make it for me instead. I dont do all that hard work. loved the pics, it made me real hungry!!
cheers
sharmi
April 4th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Hi Padmaja
I’m glad you stopped by my blog. Chole and Puri looks yummy. You have a wonderful blog.
April 4th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
hi sharmi!!
u should try once as its not hard at all, i can assure u that it will be a hit!!
April 4th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
hey thank u shivapriya for dropping by
April 5th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
very nice story:) i am going crazy looking at ur chole poori. its lunch time and ur pics r making me more hungry:)
April 5th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
hey thank you sia!!!
have a nice holiday!!
April 5th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Hey, thanks for dropping by,,,Your chole poori looks quite restaurant style…and getting compliments from ur hubby, especially if he is a critic, then its the best compliment you can ever ask for
Shn
April 5th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
chole is my all time fav, never get tired of it, i’ve some soaking as i type this
there are as many versions of making it as the number of hands cooking it and each version is so amazing.
thanks for the visual treat!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:52 am
Pooris always my favourite and chole is sone pe suhaga. Always simple and tasty. I love your pictures.
http://spicesofkerala.wordpress.com/
April 6th, 2007 at 10:43 am
hey mishmash!!
thanks for visiting n what u ahev said is right, if u have a critic at home it always hard to raise to their expectations but i can say that i do get a few compliments now n then.
hey richa and reena thank u for dropping by and i guess there r lots of chole recipes around each is so unique!!!
April 9th, 2007 at 4:43 am
Hi, i am a new food blogger and new visitor to your blog. Really impressed and became regular visitor. I like chole very much. This weekend i am going to prepare your chole version recipe. thanks for sharing. Please visit my food blog and let me know your valuable advices and comments. Thanks
April 9th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
hey jyothi thank u for dropping by!! its nice to see u here
April 11th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
i like ur blog.andhra means spicy
April 13th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
very yummy
mouth watering
trying adding dalchini and cardamom
while cooking chana
October 19th, 2007 at 1:12 am
I want to try your chole recipe…how much water do you boil your chickpeas with?
Thanks!
Padmaja said:
Bill
Welcome to my world and chickpeas i usually add for 1 cup of chickpeas. 2 cups of water and pressure cook it.