Chole Bhature Recipe-Punjabi Chole Bhature-Channa Bhatura Recipe

Chole Bhature is also know as chola poori. It is a very popular Punjabi dish which is usually served as breakfast. Chole bhature is a combination of chole and fried Indian bread. Chole is prepared with chick peas and bhatoora is a fried Indian bread made of all purpose flour/maida. Chole and bhature are make for each other, so I am giving the recipe for both together in a single post. I have not got so many requests for a single recipe as I got for this. At last I have decided to post this. Today we will learn how to make Punjabi Chole Bhature following this easy recipe with simple step wise pictures.

Punjabi Chole Bhature-Chana Bhatura Recipe


Prep Time: 20 mins | Cook Time: 45 Mins |Serves:3-4

  Ingredients needed for Bhatura

   All Purpose flour/maida- 2 cups
   Sugar- 1 tsp
   Rava/semolina -2 tsp
   Salt to taste
   Baking soda or powder- a pinch
   Oil for deep frying

   For the Chole

   Chick peas/channa -1 cup
   Onion -1 cup
   Tomato -1 1/2 cup
   Green chilli minced-1 tbsp
   Ginger minced -1/2 tbsp
   Garlic minced -2 tbsp
   Ginger garlic paste-2 tsp
   Cashew nuts -7-10
   Tomato sauce or ketchup -1 tbsp

   Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
   Chilli powder -1/2 tsp
   Channa masala powder – 1/2 tbsp
   Chaat masala -1/2 tbsp
   Salt to taste

   For the seasoning

   Oil -4 tbsp
   Cinnamon 1 inch piece-3
   Cloves-3-4
   Cardamom -3
   Cumin seeds -1 tsp
   Kala jeera/black cumin seeds-3/4 tsp
   Saunf/sombu -1/2 tsp 

  For garnishing

   Coriander leaves -finely chopped
   Fried onions or fresh onions
   Cream or butter

Method

In a bowl mix together maida, rava, salt, sugar and baking powder.


Add warm water and make a slightly stiff dough just as you make for poori. Grease your hands with oil and knead the dough well. Cover it and keep it aside for 2 hours.


After 2 hours- Your bhatura dough is ready. Knead the dough again and make small lemon sized balls out of it.


Dust the ball with maida (all purpose flour) and roll it out into thin pooris (it should not be too thin)

Heat oil in a kadai, (to check if the oil is hot enough, drop a small piece of dough into the oil, if it raises to the surface immediately, then the oil is ready for frying. Keep the heat in medium and gently slide the rolled out dough into the hot oil. After a few seconds, press it with a slotted ladle so that it will puff up nicely. Make sure that you have enough oil, otherwise the bhatura will not puff up.


Fry both sides until golden brown. Then remove it from the oil with a slotted ladle and serve hot with chole. Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.

Punjabi Chole Recipe (Restaurant style)

Preparation

Wash and soak chick peas overnight. Pressure cook for 5-6 whistles or until soft with just enough water to cover the chickpeas.


Soak cashew nuts in hot water and grind it to a paste. Keep it aside.


First keep all the things ready. It saves you a lot of time and also you will not forget anything.

Method 

Heat oil in a kadai, add all the ingredients mentioned under seasoning.


Then add the minced ginger and garlic and saute for a few seconds.

Then add finely chopped onions, minced green chillies and saute until the onions become golden brown. You need lot of patience for this. Add a little salt to speed up the process.


Once the onion becomes golden brown, add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw flavor goes.


Then add finely chopped tomatoes.(picture below)

Cook until the tomatoes become mushy and oil separates. Compare the picture above and below to see how the tomatoes are cooked.

Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, cashew nut paste, salt needed and cook for a few more minutes until the raw smell goes.

Now add cooked chickpeas along with the water. If required add more water according to the consistency required. Add tomato ketchup, channa masala and cook simmered for 15 minutes.

Add chaat masala and cook for another few minutes. Garnish with fried onions (optional), coriander leaves and fresh cream.

Serve Chole with hot bhatura. Prepare chole first and then bhatura.

Punjabi Chole Bhature

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