No-oil methi chole recipe
No-Oil chole methi recipe is delicious and healthy chole masala recipe which can go best with rice, chapati and paratha. This recipe has 0% oil yet super delicious.
Servings 2 people
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
- deep pan
Ingredients
to soak and cook chickpeas
- ¼ cup + 1 tbsp white chickpeas
- 3 cups water to soak chana
- 3 cups water cook chickpeas
other
- 2 bay leaves
- a pinch asafoetida
- ½ cup onion chopped
- ⅓ cup water too cook methi leaves
- 1 cup fresh fenugreek/methi leaves
- salt to taste
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- red chilli powder to taste
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 2 tsp chole masala powder
- 1 cup water to cook curry
- ¼ tsp lemon juice optional
Instructions
- take a deep bowl and soak chana for 6-7 hours or overnight. add water in pressure cooker, add soaked chana and pressure cook for 5-6 whistles or until soften.
- keep it aside.(do not discard the water. you can use later in the gravy)
- heat pan. Add bay leaves and asafoetida.Add onions and saute for a while.
- Add green chili, water and chopped methi leaves. mix well.
- add turmeric powder, red chili powder, Coriander powder, Salt to taste and chole masala powder.
- Add cooked chana, water and mix well.
- simmer on the medium flame for 7-8 mins.
- serve hot.
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Notes
- You can use garam masala powder instead of chole masala powder. if using, add 1 tsp of garam masala powder ONLY as garam masala has a very strong flavour.
- You can use canned chickpeas as well.
