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Low-Calorie Chole Paneer Masala Recipe.
You can have Low-Calorie Chole Paneer Masala using 25 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Low-Calorie Chole Paneer Masala
- Take of for cooking chole or chickpeas:.
- Make ready 1 cup of chole.
- You need 2 of small tej patta.
- Prepare 2 of cinnamon.
- It’s 2 of black cardamom.
- Make ready 1 teaspoon of ginger crushed.
- Make ready 1 teaspoon of salt.
- It’s 1 tbsp of amchur powder.
- Make ready 1 of tea bag.
- Prepare of for chole paneer gravy:.
- Take 2 of onion, chopped.
- It’s 2 of tomatoes, chopped.
- Make ready 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
- You need 150 grams of paneer, cubes.
- Prepare 3 of slit green chillies.
- Make ready 1 teaspoon of coriander powder.
- It’s 1 teaspoon of cumin powder.
- Take 1/2 teaspoon of red chilli powder.
- Take 1 teaspoon of kasuri methi.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of garam masala.
- Take 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
- Take 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Make ready 2 tbsp of oil.
- It’s 1-2 tablespoon of chopped coriander leaves.
- You need of for garnish:.
Low-Calorie Chole Paneer Masala step by step
- Soak chickpeas in enough water overnight..
- Take the chole along with salt, black cardamoms, cinnamon, tea bag, amchur, tej patta and ginger in the pressure cooker, add 3 cups water and pressure cook the chickpeas for 10 to 12 whistles..
- Discard the tea bag and keep the cooked chickpeas along with the stock aside..
- Grind 1/4 cup of boiled chickpeas to a smooth paste and keep aside..
- Heat 1 tsp oil in a frying pan and fry the paneer cubes till it gets golden on the sides. Keep aside.
In a kadai, heat oil and add onion..
- Stir and saute till the onions are translucent or lightly golden..
- Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few seconds till the raw aroma of ginger-garlic goes away..
- Add tomatoes, saute the tomatoes, till they soften..
- Add the spice powders - coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder, garam masala & turmeric powder..
- Stir and saute for a minute..
- Add the cooked chole, chole paste (this helps in thickening the gravy) along with it's spices. stir well..
- Add green chilies and saute.
Add 1 cup of the stock, season with salt, bring the gravy to a simmer..
- Now add paneer cubes and kasuri methi.
Stir and simmer the paneer for about 2 minutes on a low flame..
- Switch off the flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.