This recipe provides a step-by-step guide to making authentic dark-coloured Pindi Chole at home using simple ingredients. The dish involves preparing a flavorful potli for cooking the chole along with homemade chole masala, resulting in a delicious and aromatic meal that captures the essence of traditional Indian street food.
1: Prepare a potli with cloves, green cardamom, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, cumin, and tea leaves.
2: Soak the chole overnight, then cook them in a pressure cooker for 3-4 whistles.
3: For homemade chole masala, dry roast coriander seeds, cumin, green cardamom, badi elaichi, black pepper, cloves, cinnamon stick, dry red chillies, and bay leaves for 3-4 minutes.
4: Add kasuri methi and grind the roasted spices.
5: In a pan, heat oil and add ginger and garlic. Then add chole water.
6: Add coriander powder, haldi, red chilli powder, prepared chole masala, and salt.
7: Prepare tadka with desi ghee, ajwain, and green chillies. Serve hot.
