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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.
Thank you for this recipe. I have added this site to my favourites bar. I am trying to lose weight and get healthy, and the only food which satisfies me is Indian vegetarian cooking – because the tastes are wonderful, and there are so many good recipes for pulses. I can’t wait to try out more of the dishes here.
Just wanted to ask you – I am very lazy, so a big fan of ready made garlic/ginger/chilli paste. Do you think these spoil the flavour of the food in any way?
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Hello Aunty,
Thank you for all the wonderful recipes.
I wish you a happy new and prosperous new year !!!
Have a great year ahead !!!!!
Will look forward to new recipes
do you not have any othr chikpeas recipes for subzi’s cuz its late nite outside n i need a chickpeas recipes buh i dont hav palak (spinach) so plz post one soon, n your fruit cream was amazing! evry1 statimized it!
Cookmaster, just skip the spinach. It will still taste good. Or, you can add a cooked potato that has been cut into pieces.
Hello Manjula Aunty..,
I try all your recipes..they are really mouth watering and since we are pure vegetarians, your recipes are the best. I have one small question, when you tell about the heat, i.e., low medium, high what is the number that you keep ?
You make all the recipes easy too. My 7 year old daughter is a great fan of your recipes.
Thanks
ok lakhshmi low as in btwn 1-3 meduim as in 4-5 and highhhh 6-FULL hope dat helped buh if not tel me the # of ur stove system
Lakshmi, the numbers don’t matter. You need to know your individual stove settings. You already cook right? So if you boil water, you cook on high. If you want to sautee onions, you cook on medium, etc. Judge by the size of the flame if it’s gas or the red of the coil if it’s electric, but mostly judge by how fast or slow the food is cooking.
I tried making the Chana Masala and added too much salt. Thankfully I had frozen spinach in the freezer and found this recipe — I just added that and it turned out very well! Thank you!
When we traveled through India i sent several cook books home.Many varying forms of measuring ingredients.Perhaps you can tell me what the heck a Nos is?
Hi
It probably means numbers; as in how many.
does it fit?
What a fantastic recipe thanks so much, really impressed with the results first time and can’t wait to try making some of the other things.
hi manjula this is kanchan from kenya i am totally vegeterian.plz can u tell me cakes or rasgulas sometime chef they add eggs but i am totally vegeterian as i told u earlier.plz advz what can i use in the place of egg.plz reply soon i vll apreciate.and i like ur website i lov watching and i am enjoying it.
Hey Kanchan, to replace egg you can purchase Ener G Egg Replacer. A healthier alternative however is to buy flax meal. For every 1 Tablespoon add 3 Tablespoons of water and that makes 1 egg. Hope this helped you out!
Another great one! And easy! Thank you!