India
My Mom’s Chole Bhature Recipe
Cook Time | 60 minutes |
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Ingredients
For chole
- 2 cup chickpeas channas
- 2 tsp Oil
- 1 Bay Leaf tej patta
- 1 stick cinnamon dalchini
- 1 tsp whole pepper corns sabut kali mirch
- 3 green cardamom choti elaichi
- 2 black cardamom badi elaichi
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder haldi
- 1 tsp chili powder lal mirch powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder dhaniya powder
- 1 tsp Cumin powder zeera powder
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds zeera
- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida heeng
- salt to taste
- 1 cup onions chopped
- 1 cup tomatoes chopped
- 1 tsp Ginger chopped
- 1 tsp garlic chopped
- 1 tsp ajwain
- 1 tsp lime juice
- 1 green chili chopped
- 1 tea bag
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 2 cups maida refined flour
For the bhaturas
- 1/2 tsp yeast dissolved for 10 minutes in luke warm water
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- pinch Aof salt
- Water to knead
- oil for frying
Ingredients
For chole
For the bhaturas
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Instructions
- For chole
- 1. Add the bay leaf, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves, green and black cardamom, whole pepper corns with oil into a pan
- 2. Once the mixture turns brown, add the chopped onions and sauté well.
- 3. Saute for 2-4 minutes and then add the chopped ginger and garlic.
- 4. Once the onions have cooked fairly well, add turmeric, chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, salt, asafoetida and fry well.
- 5. If the mixture is sticking to the pan, add a little water..
- 6. The chole that has been soaked overnight and pressure cooked should be added to the masala and stirred well.
- 7. Now add tomatoes, some sugar and salt to the chickpeas.(chole)
- 8. Continue to stir well and then add the choppen green chillies, ajwain and water
- 9. Add a tea bag to the masala to get the color of the chole
- 10. Simmer the chole for about a hour and cover it.
- 11. Add a spoonful of butter and lime juice to the chole .
- 12. Your chole is done! Garnish it with coriander leaves and butter and serve with bhaturas.
For the bhaturas
- 1. Mix the whole wheat flour, maida and salt with adequate amount of water.
- 2. Knead the mixture till you get the a non-sticky ball
- 3. Sprinkle yeast on top of the ball and leave for 2-3 hours.
- 4. Divide into medium-sized balls.
- 5. Roll out the medium-sized balls into round or oval shape. The bhatura should not be too thinly rolled out.
- 6. Deep fry the bhaturas until they are golden brown.
- 7. Serve the bhatura with the garnished chole