This Samosa Chole Chaat is popular street food where samosa is served with spicy and tangy chole with green and sweet chutney drizzled on top. So delicious!
Samosa Chole Chaat
If it’s samosa yesterday, it has to be samosa chole today. :-) Like Tikkis, samosas can be served in multiple ways and one among them is the samosa chole and like sambar vadai, the fried samosa are soaked in the spicy chickpea gravy and topped with onions, cilantro, and of course green chutney and sweet chutney. It is one of my favorite way of having samosa. I always opt for samosa chole instead of plain samosa and this is very filling too. A plate of samosa chole with a lassi can be a meal on its own.
I have posted three chole recipes – one the South Indian style, the second one is no onion no garlic style and the third one with soybeans. But I have never posted the traditional chole which is dark brown in color with homemade chole masala. I know this is going to be a lengthy post, so I will post my homemade chole masala powder later. I think I will be the first one to post the chole recipe first and then the masala recipe.
Why Is The Chole Masala So Dark?
But again, I don’t want to bombard you with two in one recipe posts. The dark color of the chole masala comes from the tea packet. Yeah, you heard it right. When you soak channa, add the tea bag or 1 tbsp. of tea powder wrapped in a thin cloth. Before cooking the beans, remove the teabag. The color and the subtle tea flavor add magic to this recipe.
Samosa Chole Chaat Recipe
Ingredients:
For Chole:
- Garbanzo beans – 1 cup
- Tea packet – 1
- Half of medium-sized onion
- Tomatoes – 3
- Oil – 2 tsps + 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 2 tsps
- Hing – ½ tsp
- Water – 3 cups + 4 cups for cooking the beans + 4 cups for blanching tomatoes
- Sugar – 1 tsp
- Homemade chole masala – 2 tbsp (Recipe coming soon)
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
- Cilantro – chopped 2 tbsps
- Bay leaf – 1
- Salt – ½ tsp + 1.5 tsps
For Samosa Chole Chaat:
- Samosa – 5 to 6
- Chole as prepared above – as required
- Chopped onions – ¼ cup
- Pomegranate Arils – ¼ cup (optional)
- Sweet Chutney – 2 tsps for each plate
- Green Chutney – 2 tsps for each plate
- Chopped Cilantro – 3 tbsps
Prep – Work:
Preparing Chole:
- If you don’t have a tea sachet, in plain cloth or tissue add about 1 tbsp of tea powder and tie it tightly with a rubber band or add a knot.
- Soak the garbanzo beans in water along with a tea sachet for a minimum of 5 to 8 hours or preferable overnight.
- After 5 to 8 hours of soaking, remove the tea packet and pressure cook the garbanzo beans by adding 4 cups of water along with ½ tsp of sugar for up to 5 whistles.
- Chop the onion, cilantro and set aside.
Blanching Tomatoes:
- In a heavy-bottomed pan, add 4 cups of water and whole tomatoes and bring it to a boil.
- Once the tomatoes skin starts to pull away turn the heat off. Drain the water and run it through cold water and peel the tomato skin and set it aside.
Tomato-Onion Puree:
- Heat the kadai and add 1 tsp of oil. Once the oil is hot, add the chopped onions and let cook until it turns translucent.
- Turn the heat off and let it cool.
- Now blend the onions and the blanched tomatoes together.
Steps:
- Heat the kadai and add 2 tsps of oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add the cumin seeds and hing.
- As the cumin seeds start to crackle, add the bay leaf and fry for about 10 seconds.
- Now add the tomato-onion puree and let it cook for a couple of minutes.
- Then add sugar, salt, chole masala, and turmeric powder and mix well.
- Cook until the oil separates.
- Now add the cooked garbanzo beans and add the required water.
- Check for salt and spice and adjust accordingly.
- Add the chopped cilantro and let it simmer for at least 20 minutes. Keep stirring the chole for every 5 minutes.
That’s it. Yummy chole is ready. Garnish it with more cilantro and serve hot with your favorite bread or with samosa like below.
Assembling Samosa Chole Chaat:
- Take two samosas on the serving plate.
- Crush them or chop them into small pieces.
- Now add about 1 cup of chole masala on top. Make sure the samosa pieces are completed soaked under the chole masala.
- Then sprinkle some chopped onions, cilantro, and pomegranate seeds and drizzle the sweet and green chutney.
That’s it. Yummy samosa chole chaat is ready to dig in. :-)
Notes:
- Cooking the onion and blanching the tomatoes can be done in the microwave too. As I don’t prefer to cook onions and garlic in MW, I always opt for stovetop sautéing.
- I didn’t add any other spice like garam masala or chili powder in my chole. Instead of 2 tbsps of chole masala, you can include 1 tbsp of chole masala, ½ tsp of Garam masala, and ½ tsp of red chili powder or 1 green chilly chopped.
- Adjust the spices and salt as per your preference.
- Tomatoes can be skipped and instead about ½ to ¾ tsp of amchur powder can be added for the tangy taste.
- For the samosa chole chaat, adjust the toppings as per your preference. Sev can be used too as a topping.
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📖 Recipe
Samosa Chole Chaat
Ingredients
For Chole
- 1 cup Garbanzo beans
- 1 Tea packet
- Half of medium sized onion
- 3 Tomatoes
- 2 tsps Oil + 1 tsp
- 2 tsps Cumin seeds
- ½ tsp Hing
- 3 cups Water + 4 cups for cooking the beans + 4 cups for blanching tomatoes
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Homemade chole masala Recipe coming soon
- ¼ tsps Turmeric powder
- Cilantro
- 1 Bay leaf
- ½ tsp Salt + 1.5 tsps
For Samosa Chole Chaat
- 5 Samosa or 6
- Chole as prepared above and as required as required
- ¼ cup Chopped onions
- ¼ cup Pomegranate Arils optional
- 2 tsps Sweet Chutney for each plate
- 2 tsps Green Chutney for each plate
- 3 tbsps Chopped Cilantro
Instructions
Preparing Chole
Prep-Work
- If you don’t have tea sachet, in plain cloth or tissue add about 1 tbsp of tea powder and tie it tightly with a rubber band or add a knot.
- Soak the garbanzo beans in water along with tea sachet for minimum 5 to 8 hours or preferable overnight.
- After 5 to 8 hours of soaking, remove the tea packet and pressure cook the garbanzo beans by adding 4 cups of water along with ½ tsp of sugar for up to 5 whistles.
- Chop the onion, cilantro and set aside.
Blanching Tomatoes
- In a heavy bottomed pan, add 4 cups of water and whole tomatoes and bring it to a boil.
- Once the tomatoes skin starts to pull away turn the heat off. Drain the water and run it through cold water and peel the tomato skin and set aside.
Tomato-Onion Puree
- Heat the kadai and add 1 tsp of oil. Once the oil is hot, add the chopped onions and let cook until its turns translucent.
- Turn the heat off and let it cool.
- Now blend the onions and the blanched tomatoes together.
Steps
- Heat the kadai and add 2 tsps of oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add the cumin seeds and hing.
- As the cumin seeds start to crackle, add the bay leaf and fry for about 10 seconds.
- Now add the tomato onion puree and let it cook for couple of minutes.
- Then add sugar, salt, chole masala and turmeric powder and mix well.
- Cook until the oil separates.
- Now add the cooked garbanzo beans and add required water.
- Check for salt and spice and adjust accordingly.
- Add the chopped cilantro and let it simmer for at least 20 minutes. Keep stirring the chole for every 5 minutes.
- That’s it. Yummy chole is ready. Garnish it with more cilantro and serve hot with your favorite bread or with samosa like below.
Assembling Samosa Chole Chaat
- Take two samosas in serving plate.
- Crush them or chop them into small pieces.
- Now add about 1 cup of chole masala on top. Make sure the samosa pieces are completed soaked under the chole masala.
- Then sprinkle some chopped onions, cilantro and pomegranate seeds and drizzle the sweet and green chutney.
- That’s it. Yummy samosa chole chaat is ready to dig in.
Notes
- Cooking the onion and blanching the tomatoes can be done in microwave too. As I don’t prefer to cook onions and garlic in MW, I always opt for stove top sautéing.
- I didn’t add any other spice like garam masala or chilli powder in my chole.
- Instead of 2 tbsps of chole masala, you can include 1 tbsp of chole masala, ½ tsp of Garam masala and ½ tsp of red chili powder or 1 green chilly chopped.
- Adjust the spices and salt as per your preference.
- Tomatoes can be skipped and instead about ½ to ¾ tsp of amchur powder can be added for the tangy taste.
- For the samosa chole chaat, adjust the toppings as per your preference. Sev can be used too as a topping.
Nutrition
I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.
sinful, amazing recipe and beautifully presented
Thanks a lot.
Oh my goodness this is also my favorite yaar..I do remember enjoying reading your list, but nothing compares to seeing it all together!
Thanks and thanks again for your guidance. When I run thru my list with you, I feel so comfortable and satisfied. ;-)
I think most of my comments here have been awesome or mouthwatering or the like. But then there not much you can say when you are trying to stop drooling.
ha ha thanks yaar.
You are now killing us with all these street food recipes. Such a favorite one :)
thanks ;-)
This is a meal in itself. Love it to bits. Your pics are wonderful
Thanks Sowmya
I make this chaat when we have leftover store bought samosas. So filling that the dish can be considered a meal in itself :-)
Oh yeah very true. Its a meal in itself.
I love samosa chole chaat. Looks so scrumptious.
Thanks Sapana
Channas make a great combination with samosa and topped with onion it adds crunch to the chaat…Lovely presentation
Thanks Ritu.
We love this chaat, Whenever we have leftover samosas after a party, this is how we tend to finish them off :)
Yup.. same here. Thanks Harini.
Yummy one. Everyone in our family is a fan of this and it is the first one we order when we go out to eat chaat. And so you can imagine how tempting this is to me. :)
Same here.. Love this to the core. Thanks Suma.
Thats chaat is seriously something i would like to indulge rite now, very tempting, seriously my mouth is watering here.
Thanks Priya.
Totally love this samosa chaat Vidhya :)
Thanks pa..
I like this chole which can be served in many ways. Samosa chole chaat is yum!!
Thanks Usha.
Super tempting snack
Thanks Beena
Oh wow..samosa chole ..my mouth is watering..love it anytime..I love to add some beaten curd and some garlic chutney too…oh man !..I feel like grabbing that bowl.
That’s a great idea. I will try with curd and garlic chutney. Thanks for share. :-)
you rock girl. Back to back mouth watering recipes. Wish I was near your home :-)
Thanks a lot da. :-)
Totally love this Vidhya?
:-) Thanks pa
You made chole masala at home? That masala looks so yum with samosas. Will wait for your version of the spice powder..
Will be posting next week Gayathri.. Thanks.
Delicious!!
Thanks Anu.
Ippadiyella tempt panna koodadhu vidhya :((( !! Aren’t I craving for that bowl right now ?? After ragda patties, this is my 2nd fav chaat ??
he he.. enga vaanga Kalyani. :-)