Name: Chole recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup chickpeas (or chole (uncooked dried)); 1 tea bag ((optional) or 2 dried amla pieces or half tsp tea powder ); 1 inch cinnamon; 2 cloves; 1 small bay leaf; 2 green cardamon; 2 tablespoons oil ( or as needed); 1½ cup onions (finely chopped or 1¼ cup processed or 1 cup pureed (2 no)); 1 green chilli (slit (optional)); ¾ to 1 tablespoon ginger garlic (fine chopped or paste); 1 cup tomatoes (fine chopped or pureed (3 no)); salt (as needed (I used ¾ tsp pink salt)); ½ to 1 teaspoon red chili powder; 1 tablespoon chole masala ((refer notes)); ¾ teaspoon garam masala; 1 teaspoon coriander powder; 1/8 teaspoon turmeric; 1 teaspoon kasuri methi ((dried fenugreek leaves) (optional)); 1 tbsp ghee; ½ inch ginger (julienne (for garnishing)); 1 green chilli (slit); 2 tablespoon coriander leaves ((fine chopped for garnishing))