Chole.....Punjabi Style.

INGREDIENTS:
Chick peas (Kabuli Chana) (1 cup).
Adequate water.
Salt to taste.
Chopped onions (1 cup).
Chopped tomatoes (1 cup).
Chopped ginger (1/4 cup).
Aamchur powder / Lemon juice (1 Tsp either).
Turmeric powder (1 Tsp), Kashmiri mirchi (1 Tsp), Red chilli powder (1 Tsp).
Salt to taste.
Chopped coriander.
For grounded chole masala:
Cinnamon (2-3).
Cardamom (4-5).
Coriander (2 Tbs).
Dried red chili (1).
Cumin seeds (1 Tsp).
Cloves (3-4).
Fennel seeds (1 Tsp).
Bay leaves (1-2).
Roast above all in open without oil and ground them to powder.

PROCEDURE:
Soak over night the chick peas (Kabuli chana) and then pressure cook them by adding little salt to it. Cook till 2 whistles. Now heat oil in a pan add chopped onions fry till golden brown, add chopped ginger, tomatoes and cook till oil leaves the walls of pan now add the powder and cook if required add 1/4 cup of water so that ingredients don't burn up, now add turmeric powder, chili powder, red chili powder, and now add the boiled chole to the pan, check the salt and if required add some, stir and cook till whole mixture mixes up well. Add chopped coriander and garnish it by sprinkling chole masala onions chopped and lemon juice.