Chole Cups

Hello Friends,

Welcome back. My recipe today is my version of chole puri. Its an amazing way of serving this popular dish to guests as a starter. The chole recipe I have posted is an easy to prepare method. You can prepare chole the traditional way as well. The tarts are made with a difference to make them taste like puris, except that they are baked. Enjoy the dish and don’t forget to post your comments in the section at the bottom of the page. Happy cooking 🙂

Chole Cups

Ingredients

Tarts-

1. All purpose flour (Maida)- 1-1/2 cup

2. Salt- 1/4 tsp

3. Carom seeds (Ajwain)- 1/4 tsp

4. Cumin seeds (Zeera)- 1/4 tsp

5. Salt- 1/4 tsp

6. Oil- 1/4 cup

7. Water- 1/4 cup

Potato Mesh (For garnish, this is optional)-

1. Potato- 1 medium, shredded fine

2. Salt- To taste

3. Black pepper pwd- 1/4 tsp

4. Cornflour- 1 tbsp

5. Oil- 1 tsp

Chole-

1. Tinned Chole- 400 gms tin

2. Tomato Paste- 3 tbsp

3. Ginger-Garlic paste- 1 tsp

4. Spice mix- 1 tsp red cilli pwd, 1 tsp coriander pwd, 1/2 tsp cumin pwd OR 1 tbsp chole masala

5. Oil- 2 tbsp

6. Salt to taste

7. Coriander leaves- Handful, chopped

Method-

Tart-

Step 1. Mix all purpose flour, salt, carom and cumin. add oil and water and knead.

Step 2. Keep aside for half and hour. Divide into 6 parts.

Step 3. Press each ball into each cupcake mould. Keep pressing on sides to make as thin as possible and unsure its pressed properly on sides.

Step 4. Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees C. for 15 mins. Cool.

Potato Mesh

Step 1. Mix shredded potato with salt, black pepper pwd and cornflour.

Step 2. Grease a pan with oil and spread the potato mixture on top evenly.

Step 3. Bake in preheated over at 150 degree C. for 30 mins.

Step 4. Break into pieces for garnish.

Chole-

Step 1. Heat oil. Add ginger-garlic paste. Fry for a min.

Step 2. Add tomato paste, spice mix, salt and chole. Heat well.

Step 3. Add some water if required and cook covered on sim till chole are soft. Chole should be semi dry.

Assemble-

Spoon chole in tarts and garnish with chopped onion, coriander leaves and piece of potato mesh.