Punjabi chole tikki chat

Put chickpeas into a pressure cooker add tea bag, salt, turmeric powder, green and black caradamom, cloves, Cinnamon stick, and few drops of oil. Pressure cook for 5 whistles with 3 cups of water.

When it's done add oil in another pan heat it upto smoking point and add jeera and bay leaves. After 1 minute add chopped onion. When it's translucent add ginger garlic paste. When it is done add tomato puree. Cook till the masala leaves the oil.

Now add red chilli powder and chole masala. Cook for few seconds and add boiled chickpeas after removing khada masalas and teabag.

Gravy consistency depends on your choice. cook with covered lid on slow fire for 20 mintues add slitted green chilli and stir occasionally.

After this remove it from fire. And garnish with chopped coriander. And heat some ghee add asfetoida, ginger Juliennes and garam masala. Mix this second tempering to cooked chole and cover lid immediately for few minutes.

Your chole is ready​ to serve.

Now we start making tikki's. Mash potatoes and add chopped ginger, bhuna jeera powder, salt, green chilli, garam masala. Mix properly add bread crumbs and boiled peas. Make a fine dough.

Heat a pan and add oil for shallow frying. Take enough dough and make a ball and press firmly to give the shape of tikki.

Put it in pan add cook golden brown from both sides. Your tikki is ready.

Make in this way another tikki's . Take a serving dish and place tikki's over it and pour chole over it and some green and date tamarind chutney . Garnish with onions and carrot radish.

Your Punjabi masala chole tikki chat is ready to be served.