Creamy Cholay

Recipe in English:

Ingredients:

-Oil ¼ cup

-Pyaz (Onion) chopped 1 large

-Zeera (Cumin seeds) 1 tsp

-Tamatar (Tomatoes) grinded 2 medium

-Adrak lehsan paste (Ginger garlic paste) 2 tsp

-Lal mirch powder (Red chili powder) 1 & ½ tsp or to taste

-Haldee powder (Turmeric powder) ½ tsp

-Garam masala powder (Whole spice powder) 1 tsp

-Namak (Salt) 1 tsp or to taste

-Chanay (Chick peas) boiled 2 cups

-Pani (Water) ½ cup

-Olper’s cream ½ cup

-Doodh (Milk) ¼ cup

-Hari mirch (Green chilies) chopped 2 for garnishing

-Hara dhania (Coriander) chopped 2 for garnishing

Direction:

-In pot,add oil and onion,fry until translucent.

-Add cumin seeds and mix,add tomatoes,ginger garlic paste and mix well.

-Add red chili powder,turmeric powder,whole spice powder,salt and mix well.

-Add chickpeas and water,mix well and cover & cook for 4-5 minutes.
-Add olper’s cream and milk,mix well,cover and simmer for 2-3 minutes.

-Garnish with green chili and coriander.

-Creamy chickpea curry is ready.

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Ingredients

• 1 kg Chick Peas (Safayd Chanay).

• 1 cup Red Pulse (Surkh Masoor Daal).

• 1 tbsp Red Chilies (Powder).

• 1 tbsp Salt (you can increase / decrease as per your taste).

• 2-3 liter Water.

• 2 Medium Sized Onions.

• 1 tsp Ginger Paste.

• 1 tsp Garlic Paste.

• 2 tsp Dry Fenugreek Leaves (Kasuri mathi).

• 4-5 Green Chilis.

• 2-3 tbsp Coriander Powder.

• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds.

• ½ tsp Baking soda.

• 15-20 Red Whole Chilies.

• 1 tsp All Spice (Garam Masala).

• 5-6 tbsp Cooking Oil.

Soak the Chick Peas for overnight with soda and salt & Soak Red Pulse in water for half an hour. Drain
out the water and put Chick Peas, Red Pulse in a cooking pot and add 2-3 liter Water.

Add Salt in the above mixture & cook for 2-3 hours. Now add in Baking Soda, Red Chilies & All Spice
Powder in the semi cooked mixture. Now add dry Fenugreek Leaves, Ginger Paste, and Garlic Paste &
stir the mixture firmly. Now Chicker Cholay is ready for tempering (Tarqa). Heat 5-6 tbsp Cooking Oil in a
frying pan. Add sliced Onions. Add Cumin Seeds when the color of onions is Golden. Add Whole Red
Chilies, All Spice, Dry Fenugreek Leaves and Green Chilies. Fry them lightly with sliced onions and then
pour it all at once on the Chikar Cholay Mixture and cover with lid. Add Coriander leaves and Onion
Rings for garnishing. CHIKAR CHOLAY is ready to serve.