Chole Bhature Recipe:Chole Bhature is the favorite food not only of Punjabis but of the people of the entire country. There would hardly be anyone who does not like Chole Bhature. However, people do not like to eat Chole Bhature from the market, hence they remain deprived of this tasty dish. But today we are going to tell you about such a recipe of Chole-Bhatura, by which you can make market like Punjabi Chole and Bhatura at home. Which will become absolutely puffy and tasty. Actually, Chole Bhature is such a recipe, which you can eat very comfortably in lunch. So let us know about the recipe of Chole-Bhatura-

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1. Ingredients for making Chole:

1 cup chickpeas (soaked overnight)

2 onions (finely chopped)

2 tomatoes (finely chopped)

2 green chillies (finely chopped)

1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste

1 tea leaf sachet (or 1 teaspoon dried tea leaves tied in a muslin cloth)

2 spoons Chole Masala

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1/2 teaspoon red chili powder

1/2 tsp garam masala

1 teaspoon coriander powder

1 teaspoon cumin

2-3 spoons oil

salt as per taste

Green coriander (for decoration)

2. Ingredients for making Bhature:

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons semolina (to make it crispy)

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/2 cup curd

Water as required (to knead the dough)

2 teaspoons oil (to add to the dough)

oil for frying

Method to make Chole:

Boiling Gram:

Wash the chickpeas soaked overnight with water and put them in a pressure cooker. Add tea sachet and a little salt to it.

Boil the gram on medium flame till 3-4 whistles. Filter the boiled gram and keep it aside and remove the tea pouch.

Tempering:

Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds to it and temper it.

Then add finely chopped onion and green chillies and fry until the onion turns light golden.

Now add ginger-garlic paste and fry for 1-2 minutes.

After this add tomatoes and cook until tomatoes become soft.

Mix spices:

Now add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and chole masala. Fry the spices until they leave oil.

Add boiled chickpeas to the pan and mix well. Add water as required and let it cook on low flame for 10-15 minutes.

Finally add garam masala and green coriander and mix. Your chole is ready.

Method to make Bhature:

Wheat flour plaiting:

Add flour, semolina, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a vessel. Then add curd and 2 spoons of oil in it.

Add water little by little and knead a soft dough. Cover the dough and keep it in a warm place for 2-3 hours so that it rises.

Rolling Bhature:

Make small balls from the dough and roll them into round or oval shapes. Keep in mind that the bhatura should neither be too thin nor too thick.

Bhature Fry:

Heat oil in a pan. Drop the bhaturas one by one in hot oil and fry them from both the sides till they turn golden.

Take out the fried Bhatura and keep it on tissue paper to remove excess oil.

Serving Method:

Serve hot chole with bhaturas. With this, the taste of onion rings, lemon and pickles increases even more.