Aloo Chole

I hardly ever prepare in advance when I am doing theme based cooking as this marathon for instance. Most of the cooking happens on the day I post unless it is a cloudy day. This time however I had the fudge post ready in my drafts. Based on that, I went with the choice of alphabets for this week's marathon and ended up cooking another dish in advance too, only not to use it at the last moment. See, advanced planning never works for me. :) Yesterday, I had prepared aloo chole and thought of using that instead of the initially planned one. And so, this delicious, protein packed Aloo Chole is for the letter "A". I kept the dish to the basic version as I was not in the mood for an overtly spiced one.

Ingredients: (4 servings)
2 cups cooked garbanzo beans / Kabuli chana
1 Tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp grated ginger
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2 onions, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
2 potatoes, peeled, cubed and cooked
1 tsp chole masala
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp chili powder or as needed
1 Tbsp kasoori methi
Cilantro to garnish

Method:

* Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When they start to turn brown, add ginger, onion and turmeric powder. Stir and cook until the onion turns translucent. Next add the tomatoes and cook until they turn mushy.
*Take out a small portion of the cooked beans and grind it adding a small amount of water.
* Now add this ground paste, the rest of the cooked garbanzo beans, potato, salt, chili powder and chole masala to the onion - tomato sauce. Add some water if needed. You can use the water used to cook the beans. Bring the mixture to a boil. Add kasoori methi, stir once and let it simmer for a few minutes, for the flavors to mingle.
* Garnish with cilantro and serve with roti / bhature / naans.


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