Seema Kumari

New Delhi: This year on January 14, the festival of ‘Lohri’ will be celebrated across the country. This festival is celebrated with great pomp and enthusiasm in every part of the country. Especially, in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. On this day a fire is lit and delicious recipes made of sesame seeds and jaggery are relished. On this day Punjabi people also make ‘Pindi Chole’. Especially if this time you are thinking of making Pindi Chole for dinner, then let us know about the method of making it –

material

Chickpeas – 2 cups

water – as required

Asafoetida – 1 tsp

Green chili – 2

Ginger – 1

Pindi chole masala – 4 tsp

salt to taste

Ghee – 1/2 cup

Cumin – 2 teaspoons

Coriander seeds – 3 tbsp

Black pepper – 1 tbsp

Cloves – 2 teaspoons

Bay leaves – 3

Cinnamon – 2

Green cardamom – 5-6

Mace – 1

Whole red chili – 2 teaspoons

Kasuri fenugreek – 2 teaspoons

Dry mango powder – 1/2 tsp

Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp

Black salt – 2 teaspoons

Tea leaves – 2 tbsp

Black cardamom – 2 teaspoons

salt – as per taste

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recipe

• First of all, soak 2 cups of chickpeas in water overnight.
• Then put the chickpeas in the cooker the next day and add salt and 3 glasses of water on top.
• Tie a bundle of spices including tea leaves, black pepper, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, green cardamom powder in a cotton cloth.
• Then, put this lump in the cooker along with the chickpeas and get 4 whistles.
• Meanwhile, prepare the masala. Put a pan on the gas and add cumin, dry coriander, black pepper, bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamom, small cardamom, mace, red chili, kasoori methi.
• Roast all these spices for 2-3 minutes. Then take out the contents in a plate.
• When the roasted spices cool down, put them in a grinder and grind them.
• Mix black salt, amchur powder, red chili powder in the mixer.
• Keep the boiled chickpeas aside and take out the bundle.
• Then filter the chickpeas and keep them. Now put a pan on the gas and heat it by adding ghee.
• After the ghee is heated, add asafoetida, green chillies, ginger, pindi masala, salt to it.
• Cook for 5-10 minutes and add the grinded spices to it.
• Your Tasty Pindi Chole is ready. Serve hot with roti.