Being one of the traditional dishes, Chhole Bhature are quite famous in northern India especially in the national capital of Delhi.
Chole Bhature is one of the mouth-watering, spicy, exotic dish . I enjoy eating hot chole with tikkis, bhaturas, kulcha or simply topped on a slice of bread.
Lets we will make This beautiful recipe
Ingredients:
Maida/ All purpose flour - 2 cups
Rava / Sooji - ¼ cup
Baking pwd - ¼ tsp
Sugar - ½ tsp
Yoghurt - ½ cup
Salt - to taste
Chana / Chole - 1 cup
Oil - 3 to 4 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Bay leaf - 1 or 2
Cinnamon - 1
Onion - 2
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Tomato mashed - 1 cup
Chhole masala pwd - 1 ½ tbsp
Red chilly pwd - ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Methods to make Bhatura:
Take maida flour in a mixing bowl .Add sooji,baking pwd, sugar and salt,yoghurt and mix well.Knead to smooth dough.
Cover it with damp cloth and allow to rest for 3 to 4 hrs.After the resting time, you can see the dough is more soft,
moist and slightly rised .Apply little maida flour ( to avoid sticking ) to hands and knead well.Divide the dough to
equal sized balls.Roll it to big sized poori.Heat oil in a thick bottomed wok.Gently drop the rolled poori in hot oil.
Wait till it puffs up and flip it to other side.Deep fry until it turs golden & crisp on both sides.
Methods to Make Chhole Masala:
Heat oil in a pressure cooker,Add cumin seeds, bay leaf & cinnamon stick Sauté till it crackles.
Add finely chopped onion,ginger garlic paste and cook till its golden brown.Add mashed tomatoes and cook for two minutes.
Now add chhole masala pwd and stir well.Add red chilly pwd and salt.Cover and cook in low medium flame for 6 to 7 mins.
You can see the oil separates out from the gravy.Now add the soaked chana / chickpeas.
Mix it very well.Add 2 cups of water and pressure cook for 6 to 7 whistle or till the chana is cooked tender
Spicy and thick Chhole Masala is ready.
Squeeze few drops of lemon juice and garnish with freshly chopped cilantro leaves.
Serve hot with fried crispy Bhature.
