Peshawari Chole

Soak 1 cup of chickpeas along with 2tbsp of split gram lentils overnight in 3 cups of water

Pour 1tbsp of oil in pressure cooker and make it hot

Put 1 stick of cinnamon, 1 big black cardamom and 2 cloves

Give the spices 1 minute

Now add only chickpeas (water should be drained)

Put a tea bag in it (you can use any black tea to get the desired color and tea –like smokiest flavor)

Put 3 cups of water, cover the cooker and give it 2 whistles

When the pressure cooker is cool down open the cooker

Chick pea is boiled fully

Keep out tea bag, cardamom, cinnamon stick from the cooker

Fry the chick peas now

Take 2 tbsp of oil in wok

Put 1tsp cumin seeds, 1tsp coriander seeds, 1 tsp pomegranate seeds

Fry them

Now add 1tbsp of ginger, 1green chili chopped, 2 small chopped onions

Fry well until onions are little golden brown

To cook onions faster add 3 tbsp salt

Put 3 chopped tomatoes, 1/2 tsp red chili powder

When onions and tomatoes are finely blended in, oil started to separate, put chick pea in the recipe

Add ½ tsp of garam masala, mix it well .cook the chick peas another 15-20 minutes (till the water dries up)

Sprinkle ½ tsp of garam masala more and serve it

Enjoy peswari chole with puri, batora, parathas(aloo ,plain)