Chole Palak (Chickpeas With Spinach)
July 7th, 2009 filed under Dal (Lentils), Subji (Vegetables), Vegan
Chickpeas and spinach is a great combination and a healthy, protein rich dish. Chickpeas immersed with spicy spinach gravy. This dish can be served with roti, naan or any other bread.
Recipe will serve 2 to 4.
Ingredients:
- 1 15oz can of chickpea (chole, garbanzo)
- 3 cups finely chopped spinach (palak)
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 1/2″piece ginger (adrak)
- 1 green chili
- 3 tablespoon oil
- 1/4 teaspoon asafetida (hing)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder (dhania)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper adjust to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon salt adjust to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
Method:
- Drain the liquid out of the chickpeas and rince the chick peas well.
- Blend the tomatoes, green chilies, and ginger to make a puree.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away oil is ready.
- Add the asafetida and cumin seeds.
- After the cumin seeds crack, add the tomato puree, coriander powder, turmeric, red chili powder and cook for about 4 minutes on medium heat.
- Tomato mixture will start leaving the oil and will reduce to about half in quantity.
- Add spinach, and salt and one half cup of water and let it cook covered for 4 to 5 minutes on medium heat covered.
- Add the chickpeas and mash them lightly with a spatula so they soften Note: add more water as needed to keep the gravy consistency to your liking, and let it cook on low heat for 7 to 8 minutes.
- Add the garam masala and let it cook for another minute.
aunty i tried this yesday.it came out sooo good.really yummy.
thank u.
jai jinendra aunnty,
i loved this recipe of chole with spinach. i think it is wonderful to combine proteins and greens together. my husband loved it all the more. it even prevents flatulence problem that occurs with pulses. Thank you very much.
My daughter is a rare 14 year old who loves vegetables (she’s vegan), so when I came across this spinach recipes I knew I had to make it. It was so easy because of the great instructions on.
I wonder, will you every come out with a cookbook for non-Indians like myself who love Indian food? One more thing. How can I print out your recipes from this site?
hie manjula ji,
All your recipes are so wonderful…..please do post new recipes especially more salads and fried rice….thank you!
Could u tell me what is asafatida(hing). Thanks
Asafetida (“hing” in Hindi) is a gum resin. It is used in very small amounts to give a flavor similar to using onions and garlic.
You can purchase it at any Indian/Pakastani grocery store. Just ask for “hing”, they’ll know exactly what you mean. If you don’t have it or can’t find it, just skip it and make the rest of the dish.
Hi, I made this last night and it turned out really good. It’s a very healthy recipe too. I like your pan a lot. Can you tell me what kind it is? Thanks!
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I tried this recipe…it came out so well…Thank u aunty!
thanks aunty,,, ur recipe is very very lovely,, turns out awesome,, thanks aunty so much,,,
Thanks for posting this recipe auntyji,just 2 days back my hubby ws asking me to make chole palak dish,and today wehen i opened ur site,
its here..wow.I told him auntyji has uploaded this dish n he was like-arrey mazaa aa gaya.
look forward to try this.