Black Chole (Easy and Yummy !)

Ingredients
Chole - 1 Cup
Tomato - 3-4 Medium Size
Chole Masala Powder - 3-4 tsp
Asafoetida/Hing - 2 Pinch
Jeera - 1/2 Tsp
Oil - 2-3 Tsp
Tea Powder - 2 tsp
Salt to taste

Method

Soak the chole over night in water.

Boil the chole with water, whole garam masala and salt till cooked in cooker for 3-4 whistles.
It should take around 10-15mins to get cooked.

Now heat oil in a pan, add jeera to it. After 1 min add hing to it. Immediately add tomatoes to it and let the tomatoes cook now for 3-4 mins.

When tomatoes are cooked, add boiled chole to it and also add chole masala. Dont put the water of boiled chole, keep it aside.

Now take the water kept aside from boiled chole and keep it on another flame, add tea powder to it and bring it to boil. Let it boil for 2-3 mins till water gets the dark color from the tea.

With the cooking spoon, mash few chola pieces while mixing so that it brings little thick texture to the gravy.

Now strain the tea powder and add that water in the chole which is cooking with tomatoes and chole masala. Just taste it if more salt or chole masala is required. You can add more if you want.

Let it cook for 3-5 mins till the gravy becomes thick.

Enjoy it with Puri or Bhaturas..