Chole-Bhature Without Garlic and Onion
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Ingredients
- Ingredients for Chole Bhature Recipe
- Ingredients for Bhatura
- 2cups ½Refined flour or maida
- cup ¼Yogurt
- 1litre Bottled Soda
- 1tsp sugar
- 1tsp Salt
- Ingredients for Chole
- 1cups ½Chickpeas or Kabuli Chana
- 6tbsp butter
- 6no cloves
- 2no Black cardamoms
- 5no Green cardamoms
- 1inch cinnamon
- salt to taste
- 2no Tea bags
- 1 Juice lemon
- 1/2tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1tsp baking powder
- 3no medium tomatoes
- 2no green chillies
- 4tbsp oil
- 4dried Red chillies
- 2inches Grated ginger
- Chole masala
- 5tsp Coriander seeds 6
- 2tsp Peppercorns
- tsp ½ thAsafoetida
- 6no cloves
- 2no Green cardamoms
- 1tsp Dried mango powder 1
- 1tsp Red Chilli Powder
- tsp ¼ thBlack salt ¼ teaspoonkala namak
- 1inch cinnamon
- 1tsp Onion seeds or kalonji
- 2tsp Dried fenugreek leaves or kasoori methi
Instructions
- Method for Chole
- Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a pressure cooker. Add cloves, black cardamoms, green cardamoms and cinnamon and sauté till fragrant.
- Add chickpeas, salt, tea bags and sufficient water. Mix well and bring to a boil. Cover and pressure cook till 6-8 whistles are given out. Remove from heat, let the pressure reduce completely, drain and reserve the cooking liquor. Discard the tea bags.
- To make Chole masala, grind together all the ingredients into a fine powder. Set aside.
- Put 2 tablespoons butter, lemon juice, red chilli powder and 1 teaspoon Chole masala powder in another bowl and mix well.
- Put 2 tablespoons refined flour and baking powder in another bowl and mix well.
- Chop tomatoes and green chillies.
- Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add green chillies and sauté well. Add dried red chillies and 4 tablespoons chana masala and mix well.
- Add boiled chickpeas, reserved cooking liquid to the pan and mix. Add tomatoes, grated ginger and mix well. Cover and cook till the tomatoes are pulpy. Remove from heat.
- Method for Bhatura
- Take the flour in an open dish and add the sugar and salt to it. Now make a smooth dough with the Soda water. Cover with a damp muslin cloth and keep aside for 20 minutes.
- Take the dough again and make medium-sized balls. Roll the discs into a round or oblong shape. Deep fry Bhaturas in oil till golden.
- Transfer the Chole into a serving bowl and sprinkle the remaining Chole masala on top. Garnish with onion rings, lemon wedges and serve hot with the soft, spongy, fluffy Bhaturas.
Recipe Notes
1, Add a handful of Chana Dal to Soaked Chana to get a thick Gravy
2. Serve Chole with Kulcha, Naan, Puri or Bhatura.
3. You can add ready chana masala too.
