Chole Bhature

Mouthwatering Chole (chick peas)
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Hello all, Presenting to you ....Chole ....:)

Chole (often eaten with bhatura or puris) is another quick recipe. The traditional way is to soak kabuli chana (chick peas) for a few hours but
for me the canned chick peas are good enough. No soaking no boiling.
I am sending this entry for three contests...



1. Mona from zaiqa
2. susan from The well seasoned cook
3. EC from simple indian food
Enjoy!!

Ingredients:

oil : 3 tblspoons
onion : 1 diced
Corriander powder ( dhania powder ) - 1 tsp
Chole masala (Everest recomended) - 2 tsp (optional...but gives a yumm taste)

Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 3/4 tsp
Salt - 1-1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Green chillies - 1 or 2
Tomatoes - 2 cut into cubes
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Canned Chick peas - 1big can.

Garnish :
Coriander leaves
Red onion
Lemon wedges

Method:

Heat oil in a pan. Add onions and green chillies. When onions are golden brown , reduce the heat and add ginger garlic paste , Chole masala , Coriander powder , Red chili powder, salt , turmeric powder.
saute for 10 seconds. Now add tomatoes and 1/4 cup water. cover and cook for 5 mints on medium flame.
The tomatoes will be nice and soft now. Add the canned chole and half a cup of water.
cover again and cook till water evaporates. Now add garam masala powder. Garnish with Corriander leaves, Red onion and lemon wedges.
This can be eaten with puris. Awesome!



Puris:

Make dough for chapati/roti. Take small balls and roll them out into circles. Now deep fry one at a time.

Family Rating : 8

Tasty dahi wade

Dahi wade/vade
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Soo good to eat on a hot day. This is often made in Ramadan during iftar.I often make wadas in advance and freeze them. I am submitting this recipe to Mona from Zaiqa.net for the Ramazan recipe collection. I am sure everyone will love it.

Ingredients:

curd (yogurt) : 5-6 tbl spoons(or as much as you like :)

Red chilli powder : 1/2 tsp

salt : 1 tsp

green chillies : 1 or 2

wadas - 7-8 small sized ones (recipe also listed on the blog)

For tempering:

Zeera (cumin seeds) - 1tsp

rai (mustard seeds) - 1/2 tsp

dry red chillies - 3-4 nos.

Method:

Put curd,Red chilli powder,salt,green chillies and one cup waterin a blender and blend well.soak wadas in warm salted (1 tsp salt) for 10 mins.Now squeeze water from the wadas and put them in a bowl.Add curd mixture to it.



Now heat 3 tblsp oil in a pan. Add zeera,mustard seeds anddry red chillies. saute for 3-4 mins.Add this to the wada-curd.Finish off with kothmir (coriander leaves). This will be eaten up faster than you think :)

Family Rating : 8.5