No Fillers
Small-Batch
No Preservatives
Purani Dilli Chole Masala
Purani Dilli Chole Masala
₹20 off orders of ₹500+ with code WELCOME20 at checkout.
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Bring the legendary lanes of Old Delhi straight to your kitchen. Most store-bought chole masalas are flat, heavy on generic red chili powder, and completely lack culinary depth. Our handcrafted Purani Dilli Chole Masala is deep, intensely aromatic, and perfectly tang-forward—giving your chickpeas that classic, dark street-style finish naturally.
- The True Dark Hue: For the mahogany chana of the Old Delhi stalls, pressure-cook your soaked chickpeas with one strong black tea bag and keep the dark cooking water for the gravy. It's optional, and the tea goes in the cooker, never in our masala. Our precise balance of sour anardana (pomegranate seeds) and amchur (dried mango) gives your gravy that rich, dark, lip-smacking depth associated with Delhi's iconic chole wallahs.
- No Fillers: No fillers, no preservatives, no "and other spices". Every ingredient in the blend is printed on the pouch. Hand-blended in our Bhubaneswar kitchen, 100 pouches at a time.
🌶️ Heat Index: 3/5 (Medium)
🥘 Best Paired With: Crispy hot Bhaturas, fluffy Kulchas, or Jeera Rice.
Region
Old Delhi
Spice Index
3/5
Best Paired With
Chickpeas • Rice • Bhatura • Kulcha
Cook with this masala
Purani Dilli Ke Chole
Ingredients
2 cups boiled chickpeas, 2 tbsp oil, 1 onion chopped, 2 tomatoes puréed, 2 tbsp Purani Dilli Chole Masala, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, salt, water.
Method
1. Heat oil and brown the onion.
2. Add ginger-garlic paste and tomato; cook until the oil separates.
3. Stir in the masala, chickpeas, salt and 1 cup water.
4. Simmer for 15–20 minutes, lightly crushing a few chickpeas.
5. Serve with bhatura, kulcha or rice.
Purani Dilli Chole Masala
₹178.00