Cholia & Anar Salad | Fresh Garbanzo beans Salad

Cholia Anar Salad or Fresh Garbanzo beans Salad with pomegranate seeds, topped with anardana dressing is the perfect way to eat the end of winter crop Cholia

I love Cholia and a few weeks ago, I had a delicious Cholia Anar Salad at Jamun in Delhi. This recipe is really my take on the same. The flavors are not an exact replica but I took inspiration from that combination for this particular Cholia Anar Salad. And everyone in my house loved the salad, including the not so pint-size anymore child.

Adding anar or pomegranate seeds to the salad brings out an interesting texture twist as well as mild sweetness to it. The cherry tomatoes are a sudden surprise while you are chewing on the cholia seeds. And the lettuce adds that freshness that for me is essential in a salad.

I used a dressing which was essentially a vinaigrette with some Indian spices added to it. Since the salad ingredients kind of reminded me of channa chaat, I decided to play with the same. I have used one of my favorite Punjabi spices – anardana or dry pomegranate seeds. I love the crunch and tang that they bring to the recipe. Some chilli powder, jeera and ofcourse chaat masala complete the equation.

I also made a slight variation to this the next day since I had some boiled cholia in the refrigerator. I added a spoon or so of Mango-Jalapeno sauce from Sprig to the salad as well. The husband loved that variation too. So if you want to try it out, just reduce the chaat masala a bit and add a tablespoon of the sauce. So what are you waiting for? Make it before the cholia goes away!

Some more cholia recipes that you might want to check out

Ghughni Inspired Cholia

Cholia ka Nimona 

Cholia aur Aloo Ki Sabji

Green Gram Smoothie

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Cholia & Anar Salad | Fresh Garbanzo beans Salad

Cholia Anar Salad or Fresh Garbanzo beans Salad with pomegranate seeds, topped with anardana dressing is the perfect way to eat the end of winter crop Cholia

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Salad

Cuisine global vegetarian

Servings 4 helpings

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup cholia seeds, boiled
• 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
• 1/2 cup Cherry Tomatoes
• 1/2 cup lettuce leaves

For the dressing

• 1.5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tsp anardana dry pomegranate seeds
• 1 tsp chaat masala
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp Jeera powder cumin powder
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• Salt to taste

Instructions

 

• Blend together all the dressing ingredients.
• Gently mix together all the salad ingredients and pour the dressing on top. Mix gently and serve

Notes

If you manage to get very tender cholia, you can use it raw without boiling.

Use oven on pan roasted cholia for an interesting variation to the salad.

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