Chole Bhature:
Chole Bhature is one of the delicious, spicy, exotic dish from Punjabi Cuisine. The crispy puffed Bhatura makes an excellent combo with hot & spicy Chole / Chickpeas curry.
This dish is available in almost all Indian restaurants and it can be prepared at home easily. I found 2 kind of recipes for Bhature and tried both of them. The one using yogurt was unsuccessful for me since I was not able to roll it into sufficient thickness. So below is the recipe for the other successful option.
Bhature:
Ingredients:
- All Purpose Flour - 2 cups
- Egg - 2 nos.
- Milk - 1 cup
- Salt - to taste
- yeast - 2 pinch
- sugar - 1tbsp
- Oil for frying
How to Make Bhature!!!
- Add yeast and sugar to milk and mix well
- Beat eggs well and mix it with milk
- Take All Purpose Flour in a bowl and add the above mix
- Add baking soda and salt
- Knead the mixture well until we get a soft dough.
- Cover this with a clean wet cloth and set keep it for minimum 2 hours.
- Make lemon sized balls from the dough.
- Roll each balls into the shape of pooris.
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan and fry them.
Bhature Ready :p !!!!!
Chole Masala:
Ingredients:- Chole/ Chick Peas - 1 cup soaked overnight
- Chopped Onion - 1/2 cup
- 3 Chopped green chillies
- Ginger chopped - 1 tbsp.
- Garlic chopped - 1 tbsp.
- 3 medium Tomatoes chopped
- Oil - 3tbsp
Chole masala - 3 tbsp.- Salt - to taste
- Coriander leaves chopped - 1 tbsp.
- Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
How to cook Chole Masala!!!
- Cook chick peas in a pressure cooker for 6-8 whistles or till it gets very soft.
- Heat oil in a pan
- Add ginger and garlic into it
- Add onions and chillies. Sauté well until it turns golden brown.
- Add tomatoes and mix well until it get smooth.
- Add chana masala powder and mix for few seconds.
- Add cooked chick peas into it along with the water remaining in pressure cooker. Stir well
- Add salt and switch off the stove when it boils.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and lemon juice.
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