Chole , Potato And Paneer Masala Recipe / Spicy Dried White Chickpeas , Potato And Cottage Cheese Curry

Ingredients :

1. 1 Cup or 200 gm  chole  ( Dried white chickpeas or  Safed  Chana ) 
2. Potato - 1 ( peeled the potato and cut into cube pieces )
3. Salt To Taste
4. Turmeric Powder As Required
5. Whole Cumin Seeds - 1 tea spoon
6. Paneer or Cottage Cheese - 250 ( Cut into small Pieces )
7. Sugar - 1/2 tea spoon
8. Garam Masala Powder - 1 tea spoon
9. Ripe Tomato - 2 ( Cut Into Small Pieces )
10. Bay Leaf - 2 pieces
11. Ginger Paste - 2 Table Spoon
12. Garlic paste - 2 table spoon
13. Dry Red Chili Powder - 1 table Spoon
14. Kashmiri Dry red Chili Powder - 1 table Spoon
15. Cumin Powder - 1 table Spoon
16. Coriander Powder - 1 table Spoon
17. Fresh  Chopped Coriander Leaves   - 3 table spoon
18. Oil As Required
19. Water As Required
20. Onion -  3 ( Cut into slices )
21. Green  cardamom - 1 ( slit and broken )
22. Cinnamon ( dalchini ) - 1 

Methods : 


1. Wash  and  rinse the chole ( dried white Chickpea )  under  running water . Keep a side .

2. Take a bowl , add chole ( dried white chickpeas ) and pour enough water into a bowl .  Soak the chole ( Dried white chickpea ) for about  7 - 8 hours or overnight .

3. Next morning drain the water from chole ( Dried white chickpea )  . Again ,  Rinse the chole  from water . Keep a side .

4. In  a pressure cooker ,   add  soak chole ( dried white chickpea ) and water . Pressure cook for 2 - 3 whistles .  Switch off the flame and keep a side .

5. Pressure will be released naturally  and open the pressure cooker . Keep a side .

6.  In a wok  , Pour  the  oil and heat the oil . When oil is completely hot and smoking . Reduce the heat very low . Now add  cube potato into hot oil . Fry till  golden color . Next  take out the potato pieces  from hot oil .  Put the fried potato pieces into a bowl . Keep a side .

7. Next add  one  after one paneer  cube  ( cottage cheese )  into hot oil . Fry till few seconds . Take out the paneer pices ( cottage cheese ) .

8. Next add  2 pieces  of  bay leaf ,  1  pieces  of   green  cardamom ( slit  and  broken ) ,  1  pieces of cinnamon ,  1 tea spoon of cumin seeds  and stir for few seconds .

9. Now also add slice onion and fry till  golden  brown  .

10. Add ripe tomato pieces   and  cook till tomatoes  are  soft .

11. Next  add salt to taste , 1 tea spoon of turmeric powder and 1 tea spoon of sugar . Saute till few minutes .

12. Now  also   Add  2 table spoon of ginger paste and add 2 table spoon of garlic paste  . Mix  and  Saute till few second .

13.Next  also add  1 table spoon of dried red chili powder ,  1 table spoon of kashmiri dry red chili powder ,  1 table spoon of cumin powder , 1 table spoon of coriander powder and add  3 table spoon of  coriander leaves . Mix it . Saute till oil is separates from spices .

14. Now  add boiled chole or  white chickpea , Fried paneer ( cottage cheese ) and fried potato pieces . Mix well . Pour 2 cups of water and mix it .  Cook for 10 minutes .

15. After 10 minutes , When gravy is thicken  . Potatoes and Chole  are tender and completely Boiled .

16. Now switch off the flame .

17. Transfer the Curry into a serving bowl .

18. Serve hot with  bhature .