Lahori Chikar Cholay Recipe

Lahori Chikar Cholay Recipe

Get ready to enjoy scrumptious chikar cholay recipe, the famous dish from Lahori cuisine. Not only Lahoris but outsiders who visit Lahore take chikar cholay seriously. Now enjoy this delicious dish at home with a simple and easy recipe.

                                                                             Lahori Chikar Cholay Recipe

• 1 kg Chick Peas (Safayd Chanay). 

• 1 cup Red Pulse (Surkh Masoor Daal). 

• 1 tbsp Red Chilies (Powder). 

• 1 tbsp Salt (you can increase / decrease as per your taste). 

• 2-3 liter Water. 

• 2 Medium Sized Onions. 

• 1 tsp Ginger Paste. 

• 1 tsp Garlic Paste. 

• 2 tsp Dry Fenugreek Leaves (Kasuri mathi). 

• 4-5 Green Chilis. 

• 2-3 tbsp Coriander Powder. 

• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds. 

• ½ tsp Baking soda. 

• 15-20 Red Whole Chilies. 

• 1 tsp All SpIce (Garam Masala). 

• 5-6 tbsp Cooking Oil. 

How to make Lahori Chikar Cholay 

Soak the Chick Peas for overnight with soda and salt & Soak Red Pulse in water for half an hour. Drain out the water and put Chick Peas, Red Pulse in a cooking pot and add 2-3 liter Water. 

Add Salt in the above mixture & cook for 2-3 hours. Now add in Baking Soda, Red Chilies & All Spice Powder in the semi cooked mixture. Now add dry Fenugreek Leaves, Ginger Paste, and Garlic Paste & stir the mixture firmly. Now Chicker Cholay is ready for tempering (Tarqa). Heat 5-6 tbsp Cooking Oil in a frying pan. Add sliced Onions. Add Cumin Seeds when the color of onions is Golden. Add Whole Red Chilies, All Spice, Dry Fenugreek Leaves and Green Chilies. Fry them lightly with sliced onions and then pour it all at once on the Chikar Cholay Mixture and cover with lid. Add Coriander leaves and Onion Rings for garnishing. CHIKAR CHOLAY is ready to serve.