Ingredients

• 1/2 kg - white chickpeas
• 1 tsp - Baking soda
• 1 tsp - chilli powder
• 1 - Chicken cube
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• 3 tbsp - tomato paste
• 1/4 cup - oil
• Juice of one lemon
• 2 tbsp - Corn flour
• 1 tsp - chaat masala
• 1/2 tsp - Whole black pepper, crushed
• Salt to taste

How to Make Chole Lazeez

• Soak chickpeas along with baking soda in water overnight.
• The following morning, boil the chickpeas in the same water until they are soft.
• Take a pot and add oil in it. Heat it.
• When hot, add the cumin seeds and let them splutter and become brown.
• Add some water at once to stop the cumin from burning.
• Add the chicken cube, tomato paste, and chilli powder.
• Stir and add drained chickpeas to the pot.
• Add fresh water to cover the chickpeas and let the water boil.
• In the meantime, dissolve the corn flour in water.
• Add this mixture to the boiling water carefully, stirring all the while.
• When the gravy thickens, add the lemon juice according to taste.
• Add salt.
• Add crushed black pepper and chaat masala.
• You can eat these chole as a snack or as a side dish with hot puris.