I tried their Punjabi Chhole Masala for lunch last weekend and all I had to do was boil the chhole, and follow the instructions given at the back of the packet. I had to do nothing more and nothing less. Added a little red chilli even though that wasn't mentioned at the back of the packet, but I like my food slightly spicy and thought the addition would be nice for me. Perfectly delicious Punjabi Chhole were served for lunch with hot fluffy saunf ki poori for lunch. The chhole didn't look like they weren't made from scratch using a perfect blend of all the masalas.The gravy was slightly thick and mostly watery, with a good consistency mixed with the chhole. Could be relished with any kind of bread, like a kulcha or a parantha, and the chhole would make their taste come out so well with everything they're paired.
Tried the Paneer Masala and Dal Tadka for dinner- same deal as before; follow the instructions given at the back of the packet. The recipe given at the back of the paneer masala was that of Kadhai Paneer, so I went with that. Chopped onions and sauteed them in oil for some time till they became soft. Added a tomato garlic paste to it and some chopped tomatoes and cooked them too till they became soft. Once this mix was cooked, I chopped an onion, tomato and capsicum each, into big triangular pieces, and cooked them with the mix created before. Added one whole sachet of paneer masala of 20 grams to this and a cup of water. Some salt to go as per the taste and once the dish is almost cooked, add paneer to it. My family adores paneer so I added a bit more- around 300 grams. You can garnish the dish with coriander, butter, cream and the likes, but I preferred my dish without any of these. The paneer had a very good flavor where you could taste both sweetness and a little earthiness from the masala mix. It wasn't dominantly sweet in taste but a good balance of saltiness too. Had a slight brown color to it. A subtle dish with not too overpowering flavours, makes sure people with all kinds of palates enjoy it.
The instructions at the back of the pack tell you what vegetables to have in the dish and in what quantity, so you don't need to go through Google and find that one perfect recipe. The Dal Tadka masala was a superb one too. A yellow dal is very difficult to please many, because of people's psychological aversion to dals. It's very rare that a person who's not so fond of dals likes a yellow dal, but this was 'masaledar'. It was a ghar ki dal but with flavor and really enjoyable.
The masalas are priced moderately, the packaging is great with multiple packs in one pack, the taste they bring out in the dish is yummy, and they do their job really well- of reducing your effort by a great deal. Totally digging this. Along with salt, I now have a lot of other masale by Tata Sampann.
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