Chole Paneer Masala Recipe
Author: Gopi Patel
Recipe type: Sabzi
Cuisine: Punjabi
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Serves: 6
- Chole (kabuli chana): 1 cup
- Paneer: 200 gm
- Tomato: 1 cup puree
- Onion: 1 cup grated
- Ginger: 1 tbsp
- Garlic: 1 1/2 tbsp
- Green chili: 1 tsp chopped
- Coriander leaves: 2 tbsp
- Oil: 3 tbsp
- Clove: 4 piece
- Cinnamon: 1 inch
- Star anise: 1 piece
- Bay leaf: 2 pieces
- Red chili powder: 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
- Coriander powder: 3 tsp
- Chole masala powder: 1 tbsp
- Salt: 2 tsp or to taste
- Soak the white chickpea / kabuli chana in water overnight or for at least 7 to 8 hours.
- Boil the soaked chickpea in pressure cooker for 10 minutes with sufficient amount of water.
- Grate the onion and tomato and make paste.
- Cut paneer into cubes. Optionally shallow fry paneer cubes in a non-stick pan.
- Finely chop garlic, green chili and grate ginger.
- Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a non-stick pan / kadhai. Once oil is hot add bay leaf (tej patta), cloves (laung / lavang), cinnamon and star anise.
- Add finely chopped garlic, green chilies and grated ginger. Cook until the raw flavor or ginger is gone.
- Now add grated onion and cook for 5 to 6 minutes till onion turns golden brown,
- Add tomato puree and cook for another 4 to 5 minutes until the gravy starts oozing out oil.
- Now add all dried spices: add red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chole masala powder and salt to taste.
- Combine all the spices with gravy and cook for at least 5 minutes. Add water and adjust the consistence of gravy.
- Add boiled chole in onion tomato gravy. Close the lid and cook the sabzi on low flame till the spices blends with chole.
- Add paneer cubes and again cook for another 4 to 5 minute.
- Chole paneer masala sabji is ready. Garnish it with freshly chopped coriander leaves and serve Chole paneer hot with bhature, naan, kulcha or paratha.
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