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Chole Bhature
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Chole Bhature

Chole Bhature is my father’s favorite recipe. It is made with chickpeas, and a delicious fried bread.
Course Breakfast, vegan
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients

  • 3 Cups Refined flour
  • 1/2 Cup Yogurt
  • 1/2 spoon Baking powder
  • Soda bicarbonate a pinch
  • 1 spoon Salt
  • 2 spoons Oil + deep fry

Place flour and baking powder, soda bicarbonate and salt in a bowl. Mix well. Mix yogurt to the flour and add about a cup of water and mix gradually to make a soft dough. Add two tablespoons of oil into the dough and cover the dough with a wet cloth. Keep it aside for 4-5 hours for fermenting. Divide dough into sixteen equal portions. Roll them into balls. Grease your palms with a little oil and flatten the balls. Roll out into five-inch diameter. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai and deep fry the bhaturas on high heat till light brown on both sides. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot with chole.

    for Chole

    • 1 and half cup chickpeas
    • 2 medium sized onions chopped
    • 3 medium sized tomatoes chopped 
    • 1 tsp ginger paste
    • 1/2 tsp garam masala
    • 1 tsp chilli powder
    • 1 tsp amchur powder/dry mango powder
    • 2 slit green chillies
    • 1 tbsp oil
    • Salt
    • 4-5 black cardamoms
    • 5-6 peppercorns
    • 3 cloves
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 1 and half tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
    • 2 red chillies

    Instructions

    • Wash and soak the chole (chickpeas) in enough water over night.
    • In a pressure cooker add the chole, enough water, salt and cook for 5-6 whistles. The chole should be soft.
    • In a pan, dry roast all the spices on a slow flame.
    • Once they are cooled, grind them into a fine powder.
    • Now in the pan, add oil. Add the chopped onions. Add the ginger paste.
    • Once the raw smell of the disappears, then add the chopped tomatoes.
    • Add a little salt so that the tomato gets cooked fast.
    • Add the powdered spices, red chilli powder and green chillies to the onion-ginger-tomato mixture. Sauté for a minute.
    • Now add the boiled chole with a little quantity of its broth. Simmer for 5-7 minutes.
    • Finally, add the amchur powder.
    • Serve with bhature

    Notes

    Father's Day Note:
    I love my papa unconditionally. He is the best man I will ever know. At present what I am is only because of papa. After marriage I realize how much I love my parents.