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    Home » Recipes » Side Dish For Chapati

    Chole recipe | Easy pressure cooker method

    September 9, 2015 by Raks Anand 13 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Chole in pressure cooker, a one pot method with a unique flavorful masala that makes it so tasty. A must try in my website!

    chole in pressure cooker
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    Has distinct flavour as it has mint and coriander leaves in it. Chole is one of my most favorite and Aj too is a big fan of chole bhatura.

    He takes chole and puri for his lunch weekly once. I rarely make bhatura because of maida.

    But when my friend Sangeeta told about this chatpata chole her bhabi makes, I was really tempted to try.

    So tried making this for Aj’s Sunday brunch. We both loved it. I had it with phulkas and it was awesome.

    I tasted with bhatura too and obviously it tasted great. She sent me a picture in whatsapp and it was on greener side.

    But the ratio I added was bit different, so ended up with this colored chole.

    chole in pressure cooker

    So if you want on greener side, add more green chillies and reduce red chilli and chole masala. Instead of chole masala add little garam masala powder. It turns out really flavorful with mint and coriander leaves.

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    chole in pressure cooker
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    Pressure cooker chole recipe

    chole masala is made by grinding together all onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, mint and coriander leaves along with green chillies. Has distinct flavour as it has mint and coriander leaves in it.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Soaking 8 hours
    Total Time 8 hours 45 minutes
    Servings 4
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ¾ cup Chana Chickpeas
    • 2 Onion
    • 3 Tomato
    • 3 Green chilli
    • 3 Garlic
    • 1 inch Ginger
    • ¼ cup Coriander leaves
    • ¼ cup Mint leaves
    • 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds powder
    • ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder
    • 1 teaspoon Chole masala / Garam masala
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
    • Salt - as needed

    To temper

    • 3 tablespoon Oil
    • 1 Inch Cinnamon
    • 1 Cardamom
    • 1 Clove
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    Instructions

    • Soak chana overnight. Morning, drain water, add enough water to it and pressure cook for 4 whistles in medium flame.
    • Chop onion, tomato roughly into cubes. Peel garlic and ginger, chop them roughly.
    • I ground everything together and found ginger and garlic takes time to get ground, so I recommend you to grind ginger, garlic and green chilli first and then add other ingredients.
    • Grind ginger, garlic, green chill, onion, tomato, mint and coriander leaves to smooth paste.
    • In a small pressure cooker, add oil, temper with cinnamon, clove and cardamom. Lower the flame and add the ground paste carefully.
    • Cook covered for sometime as it splutters a lot. For 3 minutes.
    • Add garam masala or chole masala, red chilli powder, coriander seeds powder, turmeric, required salt and mix.
    • Continue frying covered until aromatic.
    • Once oil separates, add the cooked chana along with the chana cooked water.
    • Add required water and pressure cook for a whistle.
    • Give some standing time before serving.

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    Notes

    • If you want the gravy in greener side, increase green chilli and reduce red chilli powder and chole masala.
    • As we add coriander and mint leaves, it will be flavorful, no need to rely on the masala powders.
    • Adjust water consistency as needed.
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    Step by step photos

    1. Soak chana overnight. Morning, drain water, add enough water to it and pressure cook for 4 whistles in medium flame.

    2. Chop onion, tomato roughly into cubes. Peel garlic and ginger, chop them roughly. I ground everything together and found ginger and garlic takes time to get ground, so I recommend you to grind ginger, garlic and green chilli first and then add other ingredients.

    ingredients for chole

    2. Grind ginger, garlic, green chill, onion, tomato, mint and coriander leaves to smooth paste.

    grind masala

    3. In a small pressure cooker, add oil, temper with cinnamon, clove and cardamom. Lower the flame and add the ground paste carefully.

    temper

    4. Cook covered for sometime as it splutters a lot. For 3 minutes. Add garam masala or chole masala, red chilli powder, coriander seeds powder, turmeric, required salt and mix. Continue frying covered until aromatic.

    masala powders

    5. Once oil separates, add the cooked chana along with the chana cooked water.

    oil oozes

    6. Add required water and pressure cook for a whistle. Give some standing time before serving.

    ready

    Goes well with bhatura the best or even with phulkas. Serve with chopped raw onions. The mint and coriander leaves we add makes it special and really flavorful.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Gayathri Ramanan

      September 09, 2015 at 4:28 am

      Tempting and flavorful Chole

      Reply
    2. jeyashri suresh

      September 09, 2015 at 5:30 am

      Now a days i make in this style only. Especially morning times. Kids too loving it. Nammakum vella micham.

      Reply
    3. Girinath Karthikeyan

      September 09, 2015 at 7:18 am

      we r tempting...thank u so much......

      Reply
    4. Sowmiya G

      September 09, 2015 at 7:29 am

      So tempting, must try.....
      Similarly we can try this with mutter instead of Chana

      Reply
    5. Abhirami Lakshmanan

      September 10, 2015 at 10:59 am

      Wow,looking delicious Raji..will try soon. God bless you and Sangeetha too!! : )

      Reply
    6. Aksh

      September 11, 2015 at 11:14 am

      Need to add green chilles and little tea decoction.You can put a disclaimer that this is your recipe and not the original recipe

      Reply
    7. Sankari

      May 10, 2016 at 1:13 pm

      Raji,
      I tried it this way last week and it became bitter because of the onion. As I was making a larger quantity for potluck, I couldn't put it in the pressure cooker.
      Any ideas to avoid the bitterness?

      Reply
    8. Raks anand

      May 10, 2016 at 1:21 pm

      How come onion makes it bitter? Hope you added tomatoes as mentioned. Or could be more coriander seeds powder or the mint / coriander leaves?

      Reply
    9. Kavi

      June 28, 2016 at 11:23 am

      Tried it today.Easy to do and yummy raks .

      Reply
    10. arun

      July 05, 2017 at 8:13 am

      Tried it today. It turned out yummy.

      Reply
    11. Rithika

      August 16, 2018 at 1:36 am

      Came out well

      Reply
    12. sindhu priya

      May 10, 2020 at 6:08 pm

      Tried this, came out real yumm! Family loveed it

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        May 10, 2020 at 10:30 pm

        Thanks a lot 🙂

        Reply

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