Ingredients: cup Kabuli Chana (White Chickpeas), Onion - finely chopped, Tomato - finely chopped, cloves Garlic, inch Ginger, Green Chilli - slit, tablespoon Coriander (Dhania) Seeds, tablespoon Anardana Powder (Pomegranate Seed Powder), teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera), tablespoon Cumin powder (Jeera), tablespoon Red Chilli powder, tablespoon Turmeric powder (Haldi), teaspoon Amchur (Dry Mango Powder), tablespoon Garam masala powder, Black tea - bag, tablespoon Ghee, - to taste, High Protein Vegetarian diet
Instructions: To begin making the Rawalpindi Style Chole recipe, firstly soak the chickpeas in water overnight or for about 6-7 hours.After soaking, pressure cook the chickpeas in cooker by adding 1/4 teaspoon salt and a tea bag. Pressure cook for 8 to 10 whistles.After pressure cooking, discard the tea bag, drain and retain water in which the chickpeas were pressure cooked. Slightly mash half of the boiled chickpeas and keep them aside.Dry roast the coriander seeds and pomegranate seeds. After cooling, add them to a grinder and powder them. Keep it aside.Heat a kadhai  and add ghee. When ghee gets melted, add cumin seeds and let them crackle.After the cumin seeds crackle, add onion and fry till onion turns pinkish. Crush the garlic and ginger using mortar pestle and make a paste.Add this to the onion in the kadhai and saute till the raw smell of garlic goes away. Add green chili and saute for a few seconds.Now add tomato and saute till tomato turns mushy. Once the tomatoes are soft add turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, dry mango powder and garam masala,the ground coriander seeds powder and anardana powder. Mix well t o combine. Add boiled chickpeas, salt to taste and 1 cup of the retained water left after boiling the chickpeas. Bring the pindi chole to a brisk boil and simmer for some time. After the gravy thickens turn off the heat.Transfer the Rawalpindi chole to a serving bowl and keep aside.Serve Rawalpindi Style Chole Recipe with Puri and Burani Raita for a perfect Weekend breakfast or lunch.