Steps to Make Perfect Chole Bhature

Chole Bhature. Chole Bhature also known as Chana Bhatura is one of the most popular Punjabi dish liked almost all over India. Chole stands for a spiced tangy chickpea curry and Bhatura is a soft and fluffy fried leavened bread. In this recipe post, I have included the step by step method of making the chickpea curry as well as a quick no yeast bhatura.

Chole-bhature is one of those few things that are worth the calories! Chole bhature (Hindi: छोले भटूरे) is a food dish originating from northern India. However, in India, Delhi Chole Bhature is very popular. [citation needed], it is a combination of chana masala (spicy white chickpeas) and bhatura/Puri, a fried bread made from maida. You can have Chole Bhature using 22 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chole Bhature

1. You need of For Bhatura.
2. It's 2 Cups of All Purpose Flour (Maida).
3. It's 1-2 tsp of Baking Soda.
4. You need 2-3 tsp of Semolina (Rava).
5. It's To Taste of Salt.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of Sugar.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of Curd (Dahi).
8. Prepare As needed of Oil - For Deep Frying.
9. You need of For Chole (Chick Peas Masala).
10. Prepare 1-2 Cups of Chick Peas (Safed Chana).
11. It's 1 of Chopped Onion -.
12. You need 1-2 of Tomato.
13. You need 2 of Green Chillies.
14. Prepare 2 Tbsp of Ginger Garlic.
15. You need 2 Tbsp of Cumin Seeds.
16. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Turmeric Powder.
17. Prepare 1-2 tsp of Red Chilli Powder.
18. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Chole Masala Powder.
19. You need of As Per Requirement Fresh Coriander.
20. You need 1 of Bay Leaf.
21. It's 1 of Kashmiri Red Dry Chilli.
22. It's To Taste of Salt.

There is a distinct Punjabi variant of the dish. The dish is also very popular in Pakistan as a breakfast meal. About Punjabi Chole Bhature Recipe: The quintessential North Indian dish, relished by one and all can now be easily cooked at home. Straight from a Punjabi kitchen - hot and delicious, chole.

Chole Bhature step by step

1. In a bowl mix together all purpose flour(maida), semolina (rava), salt, sugar and baking powder. Make a slightly stiff dough like we make for a poori. Note : (Don't Add Water As Curd Already Contains Water).
2. Cover the dough and keep it aside for rising for 1 hour or more. After 1 hour the bhatiya dough will be ready. Knead the dough again and make small sized balls out of it.
3. Dust the dough ball with all purpose flour (maida) and roll it out into thin circular shaped puri.
4. Heat Oil In Kadai and maida puri, fry both sides of puri until golden brown. Once fried remove them from oil and serve with hot chole. Note : (Don't Add Too Many Maida Puri In Kadai At One Time).
5. For Making Chole: Soak Chick Peas a night before (Wash And Soak Chick Peas Overnight).
6. Add Chick Peas to a pressure cooker then add salt and water. Pressure cook them for nearly 15 minutes or until chick peas (chole) are soft and tender. Keep Aside.
7. In a Grinder add ginger, garlic, tomatoes, fresh coriander leaves, green chillies and grind it into a fine paste.
8. Heat oil our ghee in a pan and add bay leaf, cumin seeds, chopped onion. Once there onion turns golden brown in colour add the grinded paste.
9. Now add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, chole masala, salt to taste aage saute all the contents in pan for 2 minutes..
10. Then add cooked chick peas(chole) and mix well.
11. Add some water and stir well for 5 to 10 minutes.

Chole Bhature is one of the tempting and flavorful dishes from Punjabi Cuisine. The combination of ' Chickpea Curry ' and ' Fried Flatbreads ' is known as ' Chole Bhature '. This dish is one of the most eaten breakfast/snack in the Northern part of India. I enjoy eating hot chole with tikkis, bhaturas, kulcha or simply topped on a slice of bread. Crisp, yet spongy bhaturas are used to mop up the chole.