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 Chat Pate chole  / White chick pea recipe

Today I am going to give a treat to your taste buds of  delicious chat pate chole. It goes very well with  Poori  or  Bhatura and people love to have it with rice also.
When ever my mother cooked chole, she  cooked it with out  chole masala, and we used to enjoy it with meethi chutney).
I often miss that flavoursome  taste of my mother's hand . 


Here is  the recipe of  chat pate for you ....
Category - vegetarian 

Time- 30 min. 
People - 4-6 people

  Ingredients

• White chick peas (chole)- 2 cup
•  Cooking oil- 2 table spoon
•  Baking soda - 1 small pinch
•  Onion - 2 (big size) chopped
•  Green chili- 3 
•  Turmeric powder- 1/2 tea spoon
•  Red chili powder- 1/4 tea spoon
•  Coriander powder- 2 tea spoon ( full) 
•  Chole masala - 2 tea spoon (optional )
•  Salt- 1/2 tea spoon  
•  Coriander leaves-1 table spoon

How to do-

Soak  2 cup of chole in 6 cup of water  for  5-6  hours  and boil  it in the  pressure cooker with   some water (2 cup approx),1/4 tea spoon salt and a pinch of baking powder. Bring  it to 5-6 whistle  on  the medium  flame. Turn off the heat and let the pressure cooker open itself. 
Chole should  turn soft and well cooked, if it is so .....stir a little ... and start to prepare gravy for  chole ...

Fry  sliced  onion in  cooking oil till it turn little  golden, add turmeric powder, red chili powder, Coriander powder,chopped tomatoes and green chili, salt , and chole  masala (optinal).  Mix it well altogether. Add some water and adjust the salt and boil it well again then  turn off the heat,   
Garnish it with  chopped coriander leaves 
and serve it with meethi chutney.

 Chat Pate chole  / White chick pea recipe

Happy cooking !!!
 Arshia Zaidi