Chole Bhature

         Chole Bhature

 

Ingredients

For chole

Chickpea                      1 cup

Onions paste               1 cup

Ginger paste                1 tbsp

Garlic paste                 1 tbsp

Oil                                 4 tbsp

Cumin seeds               2 tbsp

Coriander seeds         2 tbsp

Cloves                          2

Cinnamon  stick         1

Black cardamom       2

Dry red chilies           2

Red chili powder       1 tsp

Salt                               to taste

Dry mango powder   2 tbsp

Kasuri methi            1 tbsp 

Green chilies (slit)    2 nos

Tea bag                      2

For bhature

Maida                             1 1/2cup

Curd                               1 cup

Carom seeds                 1 tsp

Salt                                 to taste

Oil                                   for frying

Ghee                               2 tbsp

For garnishing

Onions chopped            2tbsp

Tomatoes chopped       2tbsp

Lemon wedge

Method

Soak chickpeas over night and boil in a pressure cooker with some salt and tea bags.

Heat a non-stick pan, put cumin seeds, coriander seeds, cinnamon, black cardamom, clove and dry roast the ingredients.

Cool the ingredients. Grind to make a smooth powder and keep aside.

Heat oil in a non-stick wok, add red dry chilies and stir. Add the above mentioned powder to the wok and stir for 1 min.

Add onion paste, ginger paste and garlic paste to the wok and mix well.

Cook on medium flame till it becomes golden brown.

Add salt, red chili powder and saute. Add boiled chickpeas and stir.

Cover the lid and cook for 10 mins on medium flame.

Add dry mango powder and cook for 5 mins on low flame. Add kasuri methi and stir.

Add slit green chilies and stir. Chole is ready.

For bhature 

Take maida, ghee, salt, and carom seeds in a bowl and mix. Add curd to make a soft dough.

Cover the dough with Muslin cloth and let it rest for 3 hours at room temperature.

Heat oil in wok for frying. Make balls of the dough and roll it to make bhatura.

Put the bhatura into the oil. Cook the bhature till it becomes golden brown from both the sides.

Make all the bhature by the same process.

Transfer the chole into the serving bowl and garnish with chopped onions, chopped tomatoes and lemon wedge.

Place the bhature and homemade mango pickle on the platter.

Chole bhature is ready to serve.