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Cholia (Fresh green chickpea) Kurma





Ingredients

2 cups cooked fresh green chickpeas (Cholia)
2 tsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Finely chopped coriander leaves

Masala paste (grind to fine paste)

2 green chillies
A piece of ginger
1/2 tsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp poppy seeds
2 tbsp grate coconut
A small piece of cinnamon
2 cloves
1 cardamom

Heat oil, add cumin seeds. When it splutters, add masala paste, turmeric and cook for 2 minutes. Add salt, cooked cholia and little water to get gravy..dont make it too thin. Cook for five minutes and garnish with coriander leaves

Serve with hot rotis/rice.

Sending this side dish to JFI:Chickpea event guest hosted by MS.



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14 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 19, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    this is a nice recipe with cholia..

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  2. Priya SureshJanuary 19, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    Delicious Kurma, wish i could try rite now, but unfortunately fresh green chickpeas not available here..just drooling over the kurma..

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  3. PoonamJanuary 19, 2009 at 2:44 PM

    great recipe!! these days we are on 7 day vrath no onion-garlic. this one is the perfect dish which will go well with chapathis..thanks a lot.

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  4. notyet100January 19, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    nICE VERSION,..EC,..;-)

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  5. lubnakarim06January 19, 2009 at 3:55 PM

    Oh wow something new to me. Looks yummy.

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  6. NehaJanuary 19, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    First time read some recipe with Fresh green Chick peas, nice one..

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  7. MeeraJanuary 19, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    I love fresh chickpeas. Your curry looks great.

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  8. FinlaJanuary 19, 2009 at 9:35 PM

    I have never ever ate fresh chickpea, actually it is after starting to blog i knew about them .

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  9. VaishaliJanuary 19, 2009 at 10:28 PM

    The fresh chickpeas must be delicious in this. I don't get them here, so alas, I'll have to only imagine how wonderful this tastes. Lovely job!

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  10. ManjuJanuary 20, 2009 at 12:44 AM

    delicious kurma with fresh chickpeas...thats a lot of chickpeas that you have made recently! :)

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  11. msJanuary 20, 2009 at 1:17 AM

    Hi EC, question Green chana is called cholia in which language? I would guess south India but I am almost sure im wrong. It sounds like a nice and healthy dish. Thank you very much for participating in JFI Chickpea,
    best,
    ms

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  12. PriyankaJanuary 20, 2009 at 1:51 AM

    Last year i came across these green peas at the indian store....didnt know what to do with it then. Thanks for the recipe...it sounds so delish..now all i have to do is get hold of some fresh green peas at the store.

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  13. VibaasJanuary 20, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    Looks yummy. Nice entry

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  14. DKJanuary 21, 2009 at 3:23 AM

    This is cool..I just soakes green channa wondering what to make with it..and here it is! EC - u always come to my rescue!

    hugs

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