Spicy chole puri

Spicy chole or chick peas curry goes well with bhature or puri.

Ingredients:

Chick peas or chole: 1 and half cup (soak overnight).

Onion: 1 chopped and grinded to paste.

Tomatoes: 4 medium( grind to paste).

Everest chole masala: 3 table spoons

Cumin powder: 1 table spoon.

Coriander powder: 1 table spoon

Turmeric: 1 tea spoon

Ginger garlic paste: 2 teaspoons

Red chilli powder: 1 teaspoon

Green chillies:2 chopped

Coriander leaves: few finely chopped

Kasuri methi: 1 table spoon(dry roast a little and crush the leaves to make powder)

Chaat masala: 1 tablespoon

Oil or ghee: 4 tablespoons

Salt: as per requirement

Water: 1 cup

Procedure:

Pressure cook over night soaked chick peas until 2 whistles.

They shouldn't be too mushy,but should be soft enough and crumble when you press.

Now take a deep pan and add oil and once the oil is heated add cumin seeds.

Once cumin splutter add onion paste,little salt,turmeric.

Once they get slightly brown add ginger garlic paste and fry until raw flavours are gone.

Add cumin powder,coriander powder,chole masala,red chilli powder and salt and let it fry for sometime.

Before all the spices burn add tomato paste and green chillies and let it cook until tomato paste is well cooked.

Once tomato paste is well cooked add pressure cooked  chole or chick peas and water and let it absorb all the tomato gravy.

Once all the chick peas absorb tomato gravy,add chaat masala and Kasuri methi powder and cook for 5 more minutes.

You can serve chole or chick peas curry with puri and little finely chopped  raw onions and coriander leaves on top.

Tastes so yumm😊😊

Mango rice

Quick and easy mango rice.




Ingredients:

Mango: 1 whole mango shredded

Rice cooked : 2 cups

Peanuts : 1/4 cup raw

Cumin seeds: 1 tablespoon.

Chanadal or Bengal gram: 1/4 cup(washed)

Red chillies whole: 2 broken into pieces.

Curry leaves: 3 strands

Green chillies: 4 - 5 slit lengthwise

Garlic: 3 cloves chopped

Oil: 4 tablespoons

Salt as per requirement

Procedure:

Cook rice and keep it ready.

Now take a deep pan and add oil and once oil heats up add cumin,garlic,green chillies,chanadal,red chillies,peanuts,half of shredded mango,curry leaves,salt,turmeric.

Once everything is cooked nicely, add rice and coat it with above seasoning and add rest of the shredded mango and mix it well.

After 5 minutes switch off the flame and serve.

Happy cooking 😊 😊