Recipe: Perfect Chole Bhature

Chole Bhature.

You can have Chole Bhature using 22 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chole Bhature

1. You need of For Bhature.
2. You need of Refined flour (maida) – 2 and 1/2 cups.
3. Prepare of Yogurt.
4. Prepare of Baking powder.
5. It’s of Salt.
6. Prepare of Oil.
7. Prepare of Sugar.
8. It’s of For Chole.
9. Prepare of Chickpeas.
10. It’s of Green Cardamom pods.
11. You need of Cinnamon sticks.
12. You need of Salt.
13. It’s of chopped Onions.
14. You need of pureed Tomatoes.
15. You need of Cloves.
16. It’s of Ginger and Garlic paste.
17. You need of Red chilli powder.
18. Prepare of Chole masala.
19. It’s of Water.
20. It’s of Ghee.
21. You need of Garam masala.
22. It’s of chopped Coriander leaves.

Chole Bhature step by step

1. For bhature take flour, baking powder, sugar, oil and salt in a bowl..
2. Add yoghurt and mix well..
3. Add  a cup of warm water and mix gradually to make a soft dough..
4. Cover the dough with a wet cloth and keep it aside for 2 hours..
5. For chole soak the chickpeas overnight in enough water to cover them..
6. In a pressure cooker boil the soaked chickpeas with water and some salt..
7. Pressure cook at high flame till you get 1-2 whistles and then lower the flame to medium and let the chickpeas cook for another 10-12 minutes..
8. In a wok, heat 2 tsp of oil and then add whole garam masalas..
9. Add onions and fry till the raw smell goes away and they are light golden brown in colour..
10. Add ginger-garlic paste and cook for 3-4 minutes till the smell of ginger-garlic goes away..
11. Add the garam masala, red chilli powder and mix for 1-2 minutes..
12. Now add the tomato puree, stir and let it cook for 12-15 minutes on medium-low flame..
13. Add the boiled chickpeas, chole masala and salt and stir till all the chickpeas are coated with the spices..
14. Add water and chat masala, cover the pan and let it simmer at medium flame for 20 minutes..
15. The gravy will thicken after 20 minutes so add water accordingly..
16. Sprinkle somekasuri methi and garnish with chopped coriander leaves, onion rings and chopped ginger..
17. Now divide bhatura dough into equal portions and them into balls..
18. Roll out like chapati with rolling pin..
19. Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry the bhaturas on high heat till light brown on both sides..
20. Drain on absorbent paper..
21. Serve hot chole bhature with onion rings, lemon slices and some pickles..