Instant one pot recipe for a quick and tasty chole dish which can be served with puris or rice or any meal of your choice!

Ingredients:

• 250 gram soaked white chickpeas
• 3-4 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 star anise
• 1 black cardamom
• 3-4 cloves
• 4-5 black pepper balls
• 2 onion paste
• 2 chopped green chillies
• 2 tomato puree
• 1 tablespoon  Bhoj Masale red chilli powder
• 1 tablespoon  Bhoj Masale coriander powder
• ½ tablespoon  Bhoj Masale Bhuna Jeera
• 1 tablespoon  Bhoj Masale chole masala 
• ¼ tablespoon  Bhoj Masale turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
• Water as required
• 2 glass water
• Chopped coriander leaves

Instructions:

1. Prepare the chickpeas: Soak 250 grams of white chickpeas in water. Once the size increases, remove few chickpeas from this and grind it into a paste and set it aside.
2. Prepare the flavouring for chickpeas: In a pan, heat 3-4 tablespoon oil and to it add 1 tablespoon cumin seeds, 1 bay leaf, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 star anise, 1 black cardamom, 3-4 cloves and 4-5 black pepper balls and saute well. 
3. Prepare the gravy base: Add 2 onion paste, 2 chopped green chillies and 2 tomato puree to this and mix well.
4. Add the masala: Add 1 tablespoon  Bhoj Masale red chilli powder, 1 tablespoon  Bhoj Masale coriander powder, ½ tablespoon  Bhoj Masale Bhuna Jeera, 1 tablespoon  Bhoj Masale chole masala, ¼ tablespoon  Bhoj Masale turmeric powder, salt to taste and mix well ntill the oil separates. To this add 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste and the grinded chickpeas paste and mix well. Adjust water as needed. Saute this for 4-5 minutes.

1. Add some chopped coriander leaves and whistle cook it in cooker for 4-5 whistles on medium flame.
2. The tasty chole is now ready to be served with hot-hot puris. 

Tips:

• Grinding the chickpeas and adding it to the gravy gives a very good consistency, taste and flavour.