Thread: Chhole Kulche

i mean u boil em or u pressure cook em its almost similar........

serves the purpose......

Chhole-Kulche was my staple diet during my stay in Delhi... Man they are awesome... Ofcourse you can't eat Bhature everyday... Kulche is a nice substitute...

I make it sure that I eat chhole with parathas at home atleast once a week... Though I don't know how to prepare it! And the person who cooks at my home use pressure cooker... Even I'm searching for the solution to it so that it can remain moderately soft with a good mix of Masalas... I guess only a Punjabi girl knows the trick here... Counting on Preeti to respond!

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

i mean u boil em or u pressure cook em its almost similar........

serves the purpose......

No.. Pressure cooker spoils the taste or final product in most cases including rice... Its just a way to cook fast!

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

i mean u boil em or u pressure cook em its almost similar........

serves the purpose......

Correct in essentials but the results are entirely different.

a) When you pressure cook the chick peas, they get completely bloated with water. They become extremely soft.
b) These chole when cooked with masala and all, get further cooked.
c) Because the Chole are already brim up with water content, the masala does not enter into the chole. The whole preparation then appears bland.

When Chole are boiled with the masala and water, the masala enters the chole and this makes them tastier. The problem is, if the Chole are not soft enough after overnight (8 hrs) soaking, then you need to boil them for quite a while.

Pressure cooking is alright for stuff like rice, dal, etc. But there are times when the pressure cooker has to remain on the shelves.

thts amazing piece of knowledge.....i neva knew it......chalo shall try someday to cook it this ways.....

Repo for u kixi....

Thanks, Aashu.

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

now i m confsed.....how can u eat them without pressure cooking??? neva heard of it.....

people have been eating chole centuries before pressure cookers
were invented ;-)

-F

Originally Posted by itsmemad

Chhole-Kulch



No.. Pressure cooker spoils the taste or final product in most cases including rice... Its just a way to cook fast!

To be honest, I prefer the softer texture, drives my wife nuts when
I make garbanzo beans mushy. Drives me nuts when my wife makes it crunchy ;-)

-F

:lol: Better you guys try to balance it in between your preferences... And share how you achieved that... Thats what we are searching for..

Originally Posted by itsmemad

:lol: Better you guys try to balance it in between your preferences... And share how you achieved that... Thats what we are searching for..

You know there is only one solution to this problem...

the husband learns to start liking crunchy chole ;-)

-F

:lol: I bet only experience can be behind that phrase... Thank God I'm inexperienced!

nice post Manish, and yes chole kulche are awesome to eat!

J4K - when soaking the chole in water add a pinch of salt and just boil them if you do not want to pressure cook them. Or you can cook them in pressure cook for less than half the time then simply boil them.

I knew that you'll definitely come up with a solution... I'll ask my cook to prepare it ur way next time... Sounds like a winner!

ahah.....u ve a cook n alll???? not bad.....

Pata nahi,kab yeh thread khula tha...

but mannu bhai zindagi mein 3-4 hi baar chole khulche kha paya tha( in delhi)
and i cant just forget the taste..its so yummy,,,and i found it much better in open mobile restaurant than the static ones( :lol: )

Don't you get them in your home town?? or i should ask, where are you from mickey?

Originally Posted by mail2sc

Pata nahi,kab yeh thread khula tha...

yeh thread panipat ki tisri ladai (war) ke baad khola gaya tha..

yeah, dont get them in my home town...

Chhole Kulche.........totally irresistible. For me they only taste good when they are spicy and the kulche are soft.

I have to say these types of food, known as street food is really good and there is nothing better like it!

This food section really makes you feel hungry

betcha.....surely makes me feel hungry too

Damn! It should be in menu of every office's Cafeteria

hahahahha

whys kulche not available in Nainitall????????????????????????