Punjabi Chole Bhature. Big Bhature with Black Channa curry. 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'.
Chole stands for a spiced tangy chickpea curry and Bhatura is a soft and fluffy fried. Chole Bhature is also know as chola poori. It is a very popular Punjabi dish which is usually served as breakfast. You can have Punjabi Chole Bhature using 35 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Punjabi Chole Bhature
- Prepare 1.5 cups of chana(chickpeas).
- It's 3 of onions chopped finely.
- It's 2 of tomatoes chopped.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of tomato puree.
- It's 1 tsp of ginger paste.
- You need 1 tsp of ginger grated.
- You need 1 tsp of garlic paste.
- Prepare 1 tsp of chana masala.
- It's 1/4 of th tsp baking soda.
- It's 3 tbsp of oil.
- It's 1 tsp of ghee.
- It's 4 of cloves.
- Prepare 3 of cardamoms.
- Prepare 1 of small stick cinnamon.
- Prepare 7-8 of whole peppercorns.
- You need 2 of dry red chillies.
- It's 1 pinch of hing.
- You need 1/2 tsp of turmeric.
- It's 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
- You need 1 tsp of roasted jeera powder.
- It's 1 tsp of amchoor powder.
- You need 1/4 of th tsp jeera (cumin).
- You need 1/2 tsp of ajwain (carom).
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
- You need 1 tsp of crushed kasoori methi.
- You need 1 tbsp of coriander chopped.
- Prepare To taste of salt.
- Prepare of For Bhature:.
- It's 2 cups of maida(all purpose flour).
- It's 2 tbsp of rava(semolina)soaked.
- You need 2 tbsp of curd.
- It's To taste of salt.
- You need 1/4 of th tsp baking powder.
- Prepare of Water to knead flour.
- You need 2 cups of oil for frying.
Chole bhature is a combination of chole and fried Indian bread. Chole Bhature is a dish that is a hit at any party. My version of chole is however, ready in minutes. I enjoy eating hot chole with tikkis, bhaturas, kulcha or simply topped on a slice of bread.
Punjabi Chole Bhature step by step
- Soak chana/chickpeas overnight or at least 7-8 hours.Drain water.Add little salt,turmeric and baking soda to the chana and pressure cook upto 3 whistles. Heat oil in a pan and sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala and black peppercorns, ajwain and cumin seeds.When they crackle add the chopped onion,grated ginger and fry till lightly brown..
- Now add chopped tomato.Sprinkle salt to soften the tomato.Add tomato puree and all wet and dry masalas,salt to taste and toss.Sprinkle kasoori methi, chopped coriander and garam masala and serve hot with chopped onion,lemon wedges and bhature or poori..
- For bhature measure flour into a bowl.Soak semolina for 15 minutes.Add soaked semolina,curd,baking powder,2 tbsp oil,salt and mix well.Slowly add water and knead into a smooth dough.Set aside covered with a samp cloth for half hour.Divide dough into lemon sized balls.Roll out into circular puris.Heat oil in a wok and fry bhature one by one.Serve them with chole with chopped onion and lemon wedges..
Chole bhature (Hindi: छोले भटूरे) is a food dish originating from northern India. However, in India, Delhi Chole Bhature is very popular., it is a combination of chana masala (spicy white chickpeas). Chole Bhature recipe with step by step photos. My favorite dish Amritsari Chole Bhature from the Punjabi Cuisine! I just love to see Chole Bhature in a restaurant when served to others.