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Lohri Special: Rawalpindi Chana, Murmura Laddoos

January 13, 2023 13:29 IST

Happy Lohri!

If your dinner menu is not planned yet, allow Chef Anand Rawat to come to your aid with his signature chole, Rawalpindi Chana.

If you put together this spicy chickpea reciped in an iron kadhai, you'll most likely be able to achieve the deep dark restaurant-style colour.

Serve it with hot rotis, chappatis, steamed rice or jeera rice. Or Tandoori Chicken.

Don't forget to have one or two Murmura Laddoos before the day ends. They are a cinch to make and will add that final sweetness to your celebrations.

Chef Andie, as he calls himself, worked in Nainital and Raipur, before basing himself out of Karnal, Haryana, in whose 600 km radius some of the best chole is made.

Pindi Chana

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

For the potli masala or muslin cloth-wrapped spice bouquet garni

Method

Editor's Note: For a less calorific recipe, decrease the ghee and oil.

Skip the fresh ginger and used saunth or dried ginger powder for this recipe to be suitable those on a Jain diet.

Rawalpindi Chana pairs well with Suresh's Tandoori Chicken or Nadiya Sarguroh's Tandoori Chicken


Murmura Laddoo

Servings: 12

Ingredients

Method

Anand Rawat is the corporate head chef at Noormahal Palace Hotel, Karnal, Haryana.

Chef ANAND RAWAT