Fenugreek(methi) leaves were one of the greens that I hated growing up. Whenever aayi prepared something with them, which was very rare because they were not very easily available in our small village, I would run away or find a reason not to eat it.
Now I can say it has become one of my favorite greens. This is the same with most of the vegetables that I hated as a child. I love the aroma of cooked methi. The slight bitter taste of these greens don’t bother me anymore. I usually make methi dal or methi paratha or methi-potato paratha or this chole methi with these greens. I think the aromatic greens brightens up the otherwise humble chole which is another favorite of mine. I serve it with chapatis for a delicious weeknight dinner.
Ingredients:
2 cups soaked chickpeas
1/2 cup onions
1 tea spn ginger garlic paste
1/2 cup tomatoes
2 cups chopped fenugreek(methi) leaves
1 tea spn garam masala
1/2 tea spn coriander powder
1/2 tea spn cumin powder
1 tea spn chilli powder
A pinch turmeric
Oil
Salt
Method:
Heat oil and add ginger garlic paste, onion and fry till translucent.
Then add tomatoes, salt and fry till they are mushy.
Add all the masalas – garam masala, coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder, turmeric. Mix well.
Now add fenugreek leaves, chickpeas, about 1/2 cup water.
Pressure cook till done (about 3 whistles).
Serve hot with chapatis.
Serves : 2-3
Preparation time : 25mins
PS: Increase the quantity of onions and tomatoes if you need more gravy.
– Canned chickpeas can be used in place of soaking them at home. Rinse them in clean water before using. I don’t prefer using any canned products, so I soak the chickpeas overnight. One whistle in cooker is usually enough if using canned ones.
Healthy chick peas!!! Nice combo with Methi leaves!!!!Love it
I do make this combination and love it.
I think we can also add additional cream like coconut milk or cashew cream to make it more gravy?
Yes, you can add those
I have heard methi leaves are very good for health!! I wanted to do something with it and also wanted it spicy and I think this is the answer for it and I can love it spicy so I am gonna do this soon. I have got the best methi leaves from http://qusec.in/ 2 days back so will do it tomorrow itself. Thanks for the recipe!!
Hi Shilpa,
I’ve been coming to your site for some time now, and wanted to say ‘thank you’ for esp the Konkani recipes. It has really helped me a lot.
I also have a question – I’m planning to buy a kitchenaid stand mixer, and was wondering if you had any specific recommendations. Thanks!
I have the one available at Costco http://m.costco.com/KitchenAid%C2%AE-Professional-6-Qt-Mixer.product.11754601.html. I am pretty happy with it although it cannot knead more than 4 cups of flour at a time.
It was very nice and finger licking recipe. thanks shilpa
The recipe was too good and I basically loved it when I prepared this last night. I have this habit of reading all the comments too to known about the views of people and here it happened that while reading the comments, I came across this http://qusec.in/ website which Miss Lakshmi had mentioned and found it to to a very reliable and trustworthy website. Thanks for Miss Lakshmi for hwlping me out.