Recipe: Cholay

Recipe: Cholay

Ingredients:



Onions, chopped
2 nos.

Potatoes
2 nos.

Tomatoes
2 nos.

Coriander powder
1 tbsp.

Cumin powder
1 tbsp.

Red Chili powder
2 tbsps.

Dry mango powder(Amchur)
1 tbsp.

Garam masala powder
1 tbsp.

Soda bi-carb
1/2 tsp.

Black pepper powder
1/2 tsp.

Ghee
3 tbsps.

Salt
To taste

For garnishing

Tomatoes
2 nos.

Ginger
1 inch

Coriander leaves
2 tbsps.

Green chili
1 no.



Method:
Soak the chana for at least six hours. Drain.
Peel and chop the onions. Peel and quarter the potatoes. Wash and quarter two tomatoes and make slices of the remaining.
Peel and make juliennes of the ginger. Clean, wash and chop coriander leaves. Wash and slit the green chilies.
Add water and 1/2 teaspoon of soda bi-carbonate to the chana and cook in a pressure cooker till done. Take care the chanas do not get mashed.
Heat the ghee in a vessel and fry the potatoes until soft. Drain.
In the same ghee, add the onions and sauté till pink.
Add the dhania-jeera powder and red chili powder and fry again.
Add the boiled chanas and salt.
After five minutes, add the garam masala powder, amchur powder and black pepper powder and cook for two minutes.
Add the potatoes and tomatoes and cook for another two minutes.
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, slit green chilies, slices of tomatoes and ginger juliennes.