Pindi Chana (a dish of chickpeas)
Pindi Chana (a dish of chickpeas)

Ingredients:
Preparation:
- Soak Chole in water overnight or for about 6 hours.
- Cook chole with salt and enough water in the cooker for about
20 minutes or till fully done.
- Drain, reserving 1 cup of cooking liquid.
- Finely chop the remaining ginger.
- Heat oil and sauté onions till golden.
- Then add garlic and chopped ginger and green chilies.
- Sauté for 5 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, coriander, cumin, turmeric and chili powder and
sauté over low heat until the oil separates.
- Add chole, the reserved cooking liquid, salt and half of the coriander leaves.
- Simmer, uncovered until the liquid has been absorbed.
- Add a pinch of garam masala and serve chole sprinkled with the remaining
garam masala, coriander leaves and shredded ginger.
- Serve it with hot Puri or Bhutara.