Punjabi Chickpea Curry (छोले मसाला)

As lean as it sounds, this North-Indian style chickpea masala offers colossal depths of flavour. It's not over for the chickpea just yet.

This was one of the first dishes I learned to make when I trained in a Punjabi restaurant. One of the most popular home dishes in the Punjab, and a lot of Northern India, is ‘chole bhature’. This ric…