Chole Kulche

Road side thella wala selling Chole Kuclche



Chole ka Patila


Serving Chole in the katori:



Heating Kulche on a Kerosine Stove:



Ready to eat: Chole-Kulche

Chole is a Punjabi way of cooking chickpeas. It is served with yeast bread called kulcha or with puffed, fried bread called batura. Kulche-chole combo is a popular street food in Delhi.

Recipe to make Chole Kulche

Kulche

Ingredients

White flour : 100 gms
Curd : 100 ml
Cooking soda : a pinch
Onion : 50gms
Oil : 2 gms

Method

Make dough out of white flour and curd adding a pinch of soda and salt.
Keep it overnight.
Roll out chappatis. Place a spoonful of chopped onions and close it.
Roll out thin chappatis and cook on a hot tawa.
This can be made without onion stuffing as plain kulcha and the best combination is Channa Masala. (Chole)

Total No. of serving: 4


Chole

Ingredients

Channa :100 gms
Onions : 40 gms
Tomatoes : 20 gms
Ginger : a small piece
Garlic : few flakes
Tamarind : 5 gms
Cinnamon : a small piece
Cloves : 2
Cardomom : 2
Bay leaf : a small piece
Black pepper : 1 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Red chilli powder : 1/2 tsp
Oil : 2 tsp
Salt : to taste

Method

Soak channa overnight.
Grind all the ingredients except tamarind.
Heat oil and fry the paste well. Add channa and cook for 10 min.
Pressure cook with a little till done.
Add tamarind extract, salt and chilli powder.
Garnish with onion rings and chopped coriander leaves.

Serve hot.