Easy to make Coconut Coriander Chutney Recipe using everyday pantry ingredients with substitutions and variations, Also called nariyal ki chutney you can enjoy chutney with idli, dosa, upma, Pongal or just plain chapati.

Easy to make Coconut Coriander Chutney Recipe using everyday pantry ingredients with substitutions and variations, Also called nariyal ki chutney you can enjoy chutney with idli, dosa, upma, Pongal or just plain chapati.
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This dry dish is full of essential nutrients, a perfect recipe for lunch or dinner just for your fussy kids and family. It is a Jain recipe, with no onion or garlic. Easy and healthy this is a wonderful recipe for kitty parties, potlucks and even a buffet. Serve it with naan, roti, bread or bhature. Jeera rice too is a great way to eat Pindi Chole.
Pindi Chole, as it is popularly known differs from Punjabi Chana Masala or Amritsari chole masala. Punjabi chole is made with a gravy of onions and tomatoes and is a rich gravy. Tasty Pindi Chole is a dry dish and made by adding pomegranate seeds, mango powder and garam masala powder.
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It is Monday, and you dear reader know I participate in Foodie Monday Blog Hop. We are a group of bloggers who every Monday post on a theme that has maximum votes. This period of lockdowns we are focussing on pantry ingredients as along with you we too are facing problems. Thanks to Mayuri’s suggestions (of Mayuri Jikoni) we have voted for chickpea-based food items.
Do you know Jikoni in Swahili means the kitchen? My bookmarked recipes from Mayuri’s blog, include
Since you know, I cannot help but dig into food and food history, please bear with me.
Chickpeas are also known as Garbanzo or Garbanzo bean, Egyptian pea, Gram, Bengal Gram, Chana. Kaldi or Chane in Kannada and Marathi/Konkani are legumes.
In India, we classify them as Kala chana and Kabuli chana. The Kala Chana is brown and smaller and tastier too. The white chickpeas are called Kabuli chana.
Since garbanzo beans are high in protein, they are a source of protein in Vegetarian and Vegan diet.
Chickpeas are delicious and if included in your diet few of the health benefits you get are:
You can check more about the health benefits here at Healthline.
You can but won’t you get bored?
Try including one serving of beans of some kind in your meal like peas, lentils, moong, matki. The flavours differ and you can also cook them in different ways. Thus making food tasty and different and healthy choice. This way you can reduce your bad cholesterol and weight too.
Chickpeas are an important ingredient in Indian cuisine, Middle Eastern Cuisine and Mediterranean cuisine.
In general, the chickpeas are available all year round in dry form. To cook chickpeas are soaked and then boiled. You can cook them without soaking however you will have to cook them longer. The chickpeas can be cooked on stove but will take a longer time to cook. The more efficient way will be to pressure cook them.
Add chickpeas to salads, make Indian chaat, sundals. How about some devilled tomatoes or sliders for burgers, falafel? Make stews, chana masala, Chana biriyani, Chana Madra. Roast them for a snack.
Hummus, make regular plain hummus or chocolate hummus!!!
Then we use chickpeas flours by the tons who will say no to besan ladoo or bhajiya? Dhokla, Khandvi, tomato omelette, zunka!
Mysore Pak!! How can I forget it?
Then I also use chickpea flour or besan to thicken my gravies or sprinkle on something like my bhindi bhaji to make it less sticky. There are so many uses that unconsciously I tend to reach out for besan ka atta.
The latest way of using chickpeas is aquafaba, water from chickpeas is an egg replacer, try it.
Now a bit more about Pindi Chole,
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Priya Vj says
I just love Chole in any form . This is a very nice no onion no garlic recipe which deftly will be liked by my family .
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks,Priya.
Poonam Bachhav says
Rawalpindi chole is my choice of curry to open a fast when fresh vegetables are out stock as this curry is satvik. Love the tangy spicy flavors of pindi chole. You have presented it beautifully !
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Poonam.
Swati says
Love such easy peasy recipes.. Chane looks so inviting and delicious A no fuss recipe where one doesn’t need to fry the masalas and yet so flavorful with some spices thrown in..
ArchanaPotdar says
True it tastes amazingly delicious minus all the frying and roasting. Thanks.
The Girl Next Door says
Wow! This looks so good and absolutely delicious!
Pindi Chole has always been on my list of things to make. Now you’re tempting me to get started right away. 🙂
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Priya
Mayuri Patel says
Delicious and tempting. Love Pindi Chole but we don’t mind the tea flavor at all.While I can have it practically everyday as its tangy, hubby finds it too dry even if I serve a dal with it. So I land up making for myself to enjoy it not as a sabji but on its own.
ArchanaPotdar says
😀 I know something are delicious even on their own.
NARMADHA says
No onion and garlic pindi chole looks so flavorful. I love the masala you have used and bookmarking the recipe to try sometime. We never get bored of different ways we make chole
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Narmada.
Sujata Roy says
I love the no onion garlic dishes more than with onions. Your chhole looks absolutely delicious and flavorful. Loved the use of different aromatic spices here. I would love to try it soon.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Sujata.
preethi76@gmail.com says
I love Pindi Chole. The Jain Version looks super tempting. A perfect snack with some hot masala chai. Love your click too.
Preethi'sCuisine says
I love Pindi Chole. The Jain Version looks flavorful and super tempting. A perfect snack with some hot masala chai. Love your click too.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Preethi.
vasusvegkitchen says
Pindi chole looks more delicious and flavorful di, as always loved your write up. Tip that you shared “water from chickpeas is an egg replacer” is very useful di. Adding pomegranate is very new to me, never tasted this pindi chole. Loved your version a lot di, bookmarking to try & tast it soon.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Aruna.
waagmi says
All time favorite…looks really tempting, bingo
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks.
Sasmita says
Pindi chole looks vert tasty and yum ! This is one of our favorite dish, I often make using chickpeas this. So perfect for us to go with poori or paratha 🙂
ArchanaPotdar says
😀