Aloo Chole Recipe (Aloo Chana Sabji)

Main ingredients

• 1 cup chole (dried white chickpeas or white chana)
• 3 to 4 medium potatoes
• 3 to 4 cups water for pressure cooking
• salt as required

For making chana masala powder

• 1 tej patta (Indian bay leaf)
• 3 to 4 cloves
• 5 to 6 whole black pepper
• 1 inch cinnamon
• 2 black cardamoms

For pomegranate seeds paste

• 2 teaspoon dry pomegranate seeds
• 6 to 7 teaspoon water for grinding the pomegranate seeds

Other ingredients

• 3 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
• 2 to 3 green chilies or as required - slit or sliced
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder (ground turmeric)
• ¼ to ½ teaspoon red chili powder or cayenne pepper or paprika
• 2 tablespoon oil or 2 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)
• ½ inch ginger, julienned
• 1 green chili, sliced (optional)
• 1 to 2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
• salt as required