Chole Capsicum is equally interesting as its name suggests. Infact if you ask me both the major ingredients of Chole Capsicum remain my favorite,so that possibly justifies as to how I one day just made this yummy dish one day quite randomly. One of those busy working days with naughty boy asking for his special treat at dinner ,Chole Capsicum was a innovation from residual vegetables.Infact though he is not a capsicum fan but with chole he hardly created much fuss. So Chole Capsicum worked for me well without asking for much.
Though it was a recipe which came out of when I literally had nothing than a small capsicum/bell pepper in my fridge, still the taste was not less that perfert. In Chole Capsicum became a regular for days when cooking was not much on card. You can have this Chole Capsicum with Naan/Parathas or even Pav and enjoy the distinct taste of Capsicum cooked will still now over cooked in Chole.
- Chick peas: 1 cup soaked overnight
- Capsicum : 1 cut in juliennes
- Tomato: 1 deseeded and cut in juliennes
- Onions: 1 sliced
- Garlic: 6 cloves chopped
- Salt: to taste
- Chat masala: 1 tsp
- Chole Masala: 1/tsp
- Green chilli: 1 chopped
- Red chilli: ½ tsp
- Oil: 1/2tsp
- Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
- Cumin Powder: 1tbsp
- Heat oil in a wok and add cumin seeds and green chilles.
- Add garlic which once is golden add onions and sauté till they are translucent.
- Now add boiled chole and give it a good mix.
- To this add cumin powder , red chilli and capsicum.
- Season with salt, chat masala and chole masala.
- Now add tomato and cook on high for 2 to 3 minutes before serving it hot with Naan or Roti.