Name: Lahori Chikar Cholay
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 250 gms. Chickpeas wash and soak overnight or for 8 hours; 75 gms. Masoor Dal; 1 big Onion, finely sliced; 2 Green chilies, chopped; 1 big Tomato, sliced; ½ tbsp. Ginger-Garlic paste; ½ cup Curd/Yogurt; ½ tbsp. Fennel powder; ¾ tbsp. roasted Coriander powder; ½ tbsp. Black peppercorns; ½ tbsp. roasted cumin powder; ½ tbsp. Garam Masala; 1½ tbsp. Red chili powder; ½ tbsp. Turmeric powder; 3 tbsp. Oil; Salt as per taste; 1 tbsp. minced fresh Coriander leaves

Last night I was lazily browsing through SIT videos on youtube, which is my latest pass time these days and heard this name Chikar Cholay for the first time. Being foodie, I googled what is Chikar Cholay. Chikar Cholay is a popular street food from Pakistan and it often called as Lahori Chikar Cholay and served with bature (deep fried bread). Chikar means mushy and cholay means chickpeas.

In this recipe cholay are cooked and slightly mashed along with masoor dal and other spices, which give this recipe spicy gravy with earthy nutty taste of chickpeas. They are many variations in making this…some add boiled eggs and some add potatoes….but I have settled to try this from Fun Cooking. Got up from bed and soaked chickpeas to try this out in the morning. Made this in lunch today and we just loved it. I am glad that I have found one more way to indulge chickpeas as we at home love chickpeas a lot.

Lahori Chikar Cholay

INGREDIENTS:

250 gms. Chickpeas wash and soak overnight or for 8 hours
75 gms. Masoor Dal
1 big Onion, finely sliced
2 Green chilies, chopped
1 big Tomato, sliced
½ tbsp. Ginger-Garlic paste
½ cup Curd/Yogurt
½ tbsp. Fennel powder
¾ tbsp. roasted Coriander powder
½ tbsp. Black peppercorns
½ tbsp. roasted cumin powder
½ tbsp. Garam Masala
1½ tbsp. Red chili powder
½ tbsp. Turmeric powder
3 tbsp. Oil
Salt as per taste
1 tbsp. minced fresh Coriander leaves

Yield: 6

Lahori Chikar Cholay

Lahori Chikar Cholay is a popular street food of Pakistan. Chikar means mushy and cholay means chickpeas. This is spicy, delicious and plant-protein rich recipe.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

250 gms. Chickpeas wash and soak overnight or for 8 hours
75 gms. Masoor Dal
1 big Onion, finely sliced
2 Green chilies, chopped
1 big Tomato, sliced
½ tbsp. Ginger-Garlic paste
½ cup Curd/Yogurt
½ tbsp. Fennel powder
¾ tbsp. roasted Coriander powder
½ tbsp. Black peppercorns
½ tbsp. roasted cumin powder
½ tbsp. Garam Masala
1½ tbsp. Red chili powder
½ tbsp. Turmeric powder
3 tbsp. Oil
Salt as per taste
1 tbsp. minced fresh Coriander leaves

Instructions

How to make Lahori Chikar Cholay

Wash and soak masoor dal for 15 minutes.
Drain water from chickpeas and add to pressure cook along with masoor dal.
Add 5-6 cups of water and pressure cook for 6-8 whistles or until the chickpeas turn soft.
In the meantime add oil to skillet/kadai and fry onions. When the onions start to turn light brown add tomatoes and green chilies.
Sauté on medium heat, until tomatoes turn mushy. Stir in ginger-garlic paste and fry till raw smell wafts.
Now add red chili powder, roasted coriander powder, salt, turmeric powder, roasted cumin powder and black peppercorns.
Fry for a minute and add this to chickpeas and masoor dal mixture in the pressure cooker.
Stir and allow this to cook for 4-5 minutes. Adjust consistency by adding little water if necessary. Sprinkle garam masala and fennel powder.
Stir and serve by garnishing with fresh minced coriander leaves.
I served this Lahori Chikar Cholay with parota. You can even serve this with jeera rice or roti or poori.
Add love to make this Chikar Cholay taste ‘Yummy’.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 205Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 235mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 6gSugar: 7gProtein: 8g

This Lahori Chikar Cholay is going to participate in MFB Challenge #10 where the theme of the month is ‘Pakistani Cuisine’. Here are some more yummy Pakistani recipes made by my dear buddy bloggers based on theme. Happy Cooking!

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Comments

Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says

09/10/2017 at 4:59 pm

That sounds like an amazing curry to go with parathas…. good to see that you picked up a vegetarian dish to go for this challenge… 🙂

Hiba says

09/10/2017 at 8:27 pm

The first vegetarian diah on this challenge .. i love choley reipes … it looks delicious

Adiba Anwar says

09/12/2017 at 12:30 pm

I love this food. Here one friend of me from India used to make chiker choley with pathoory. But now she went back to india and I’m missing this yummy food.

K.T. Lynn says

09/14/2017 at 11:31 pm

This kinda reminds me of foul, but OMG it looks so good masha’Allah. I am going to try this recipe right away! 🙂

Muslim Mummy says

09/17/2017 at 2:25 am

Have to say I had never heard of it before either but it looks pretty good! Might have to give it a go

bushrazblogs says

09/18/2017 at 3:46 pm

Yummy….:) it looking delicious.

Multicultural Motherhood says

09/18/2017 at 11:08 pm

I have never tried this before. It looks delicious! #MuslimahBloggers

afreenzia says

09/19/2017 at 1:58 pm

Looks yummy.I mostly make this kind of dishes..Best serves with paratha..

Zainab Dokrat says

09/19/2017 at 7:09 pm

Soo yummy!! Bookmarked because I love making dishes like this. (Www.spicyfusionkitchen.com)

Muslimah92 says

09/22/2017 at 10:07 pm

omg!! This sounds/looks sooooo tasty. I have never used funnel powder and masoor dal in the food I make. I am considering buying them. Would you say that they are mandatory for this meals or can I used any other spice as a replacement?

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