Chole bhature
Spicy and delicious street food from Delhi and Punjab
Servings 6 plates
Calories 430kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Chole Channa/ Chickpeas
- 4 cups Water To soak chole
- 2 Bay leaf
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 1 Black cardamom
- 1 Star anise
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- 2 Onions Large, roughly chopped
- 2 Tomatoes Large, roughly chopped
- 9 cloves Garlic
- 3 inch Ginger Finely chopped
- 2 Dry red chillies
- 4 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp Ginger- garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
- 2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Kasuri methi
- 1 tsp Amchoor powder Dry mango powder
For bhature
- 2 cups Maida All-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp Suji Rava/ Semolina
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1/4 tsp Baking soda
- 1/4 cup Curd
- Water To knead the dough
- Oil To fry
Instructions
Preparing chole masala
- Firstly, soak a cup of channa in 4 cups of water for 6 hours.
- Then add them to a pressure cooker. To this, add the bay leaf, cinnamon stick, black cardamom and star anise, with a tsp of salt. Pressure cook the channa for a few minutes.
- For the gravy, add 2 large onions and tomatoes chopped into boiling water. To this, add garlic cloves, ginger and dry red chillies. After a few moments. Strain and blend them into a fine paste.
- In a pan, add 4 tbsp of oil.
- To this, add a tsp of cumin seeds and ginger garlic paste. Then pour the blended puree into the pan. Let them boil till they get rid of the raw smell. The oil starts separating.
- Now add the cooked channa to the gravy. Let is start to cook along with the other ingredients.
- Now, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala and coriander powder.
- Finally, add salt, Kasuri methi and amchoor powder to the gravy and give a mix. Your chole masala is ready!
Preparing bhature
- To prepare the dough for bhature, take 2 cups of maida in a bowl.
- To this, add 2 tbsp of suji with 1/4th cup of curd. Then add a tsp of oil, salt and 2 tsp of powdered sugar and oil.
- Start kneading the dough. Then add the baking soda with the required amount of water to knead further. When done, let the dough rest for a few minutes.
- Now make smooth and pretty large balls of the dough and roll them into large circular sheets.
- For doing this, apply oil all over the dough balls.
- Now fry these dough sheets till the bhature turns golden brown on both sides.
- When done, serve hot alongside chole masala, with slices of lemon and onions, and chilli for a tangy bite!
Nutrition
Serving: 1plate | Calories: 430kcal | Carbohydrates: 50.3g | Protein: 10.8g | Fat: 20.1g | Cholesterol: 1.5mg | Sodium: 16.2mg | Fiber: 12g | Vitamin A: 255.5IU | Calcium: 1.18mg | Iron: 2.8mg