chola bhatura

chola bhatura recipes

chola bhatura recipe. basically a combination of curry 

recipe prepared is ideally served with indian flat bread

bhatura prepared from all purpose flour.

chole bhatura recipe with step by step recipe. chole 

bhatura recipe. traditionally a punjabi cuisine dish 

but hugely popular all over the india. this popular 

combination is ideally  served for breakfast and lunch.

i wa under the impression that bhatura is a bigger version

of poori and is prepared from the same dough. howrver, i
was corrected last year from my chef frind surojit.



while if you have observed the bhature you get in restaurants
are huge. it is difficult to have the same in household. well,
the size of he bhature dose not matter much. it is the taste
and fluffiness of bhature that matter. so do not loose hope
and make bhature according to your pan size. also while
deep frying bhature, would not be fluffy. lastly if you do
not like to add baking soda and powder, skip it. but you
need to ferment it for overnight in warm place.

prpe time (20 mins)

cook time (40 mins)

total time (1 hours)

    ingredients

*  2-3 red chilies
*  1 tbsp cumin seeds
*  1 tbsp coriander powder
*  1 bay leaf
*  3-4 cloves
*  1/2 tbsp fennel seeds
*  1 black cardamom
*  1 cinnamon
*  4-5 pepper corn
*  1 cup soaked chickpeas
     soaked for 8 hours
*  1 tbsp oil
*  2 tea bag
*  1 pinch soda
*  1 cardamom green
*  2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
*  1 cum onion
*  1 cup tomatoes
*  1 tbsp turmeric powder
*  1 tbsp red chilli powder
*  1/2 tbsp amchur powder
*  1/2 cup water .as per requirement
*  salt as per taste

steps

(1) take soaked chickpeas, rinse them all.

      now boil them again within 3 cups of

      water. boiling chickpeas with tea bags

      gives your chole a nice dark colour.

(2) pressure cook all the chickpeas for

     2 whistles

(3) heat oil in a pan. add cloves, cinnamon

      cardamom and bay leaf.

(4) when they start crackling, add ginger 

      garlic paste. saute for one minutes till

      the raw smell disapper.

(5) add onion, fry them till they turn to nice

      golden brown colour.

(6) add finely chopped tomatoes, at the same

     time, add some salt. saute for 1 minutes till 

     the tomatoes become soft and mushy.

(7) now add red chilli powder, turmeric powder 

      and masala powder. fry for 2 minutes till 

     you get a pleasant smell of all the masala

(8) now add 1 cup of water to make a gravy.

      add chana or chickpeas to the pan 

      immediately after adding water.

(9) mix everything well and cook for 10 

     minutes till the gravy absorbed by

     the chickpeas.

(10) when the gravy thickens, switch

        off the flame.

(11) garnish chole with coriander leaves and 

        and served hot with bhatura.