Chole bhature recipe | Chana bhatura | Panjabi style Chole bhature

 Cooking Time: 45 min (need to sock the Chana or White Chickpea about 12 hrs.)

Bhature Ingredients:

Item	Quantity
All-purpose flour or Maida	1 Cup
Curd	2 Tablespoons
Baking powder	1/2 Tablespoon
Baking soda	1 Pinch
Sugar	1 Teaspoon
Salt	1 Teaspoon (as per test)
Oil	To deep fry

Chole Ingredients:

Item	Quantity
White Chickpea or Chole	1/2 Cup
Tomato	2 In quantity
Onion	1 Big in quantity
Salt	1 Teaspoon (as per test)
Ginger garlic paste	1 and 1/2 tablespoon
Red chili powder	1 Tablespoon
Ajwain or carom seeds	1 Tablespoon
Chole masala	1 Tablespoon
Black pepper powder (Optional)	1 Teaspoon
Oil	4 Tablespoons
Lemon juice	1 Tablespoon
Cumin seeds	1/2 Tablespoon
Mustard seeds	1/2 Tablespoon
Turmeric powder	1/2 Tablespoon
Chopped Coriander leaves	2 Tablespoons

Recipe: 

1. Soaking of white chickpea or chole is also one of the important parts of the recipe. We need to soak it in hot water for about 12 hrs. before making a curry from it. Afterwards, we need to cook chole till 4 to 5 vessels of the cooker.
2. Let's make dough of Bhature first, in a mixing bowl, add all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, curd, oil 2 tablespoons and salt as per test.
3. By adding water bit by bit we need to make a soft dough out of it. We need to knead the dough till it becomes soft and until it's starting not to sticking on the surface at all. It will take around 5 to 7 min. We need to make it soft by punching it or throwing it from the air to the bowl. 
4. In between of punches, we also need to add water to make a very soft dough. Keep it aside for rest. It needs a rest for about 15 min
5. Let's make chole till that. We need to grind the onion and tomato separately. We want a fine puree of both of them. Now heat up the pan and add 4 tablespoons of oil in it.
6. Add mustard seeds, let them crackle, add cumin seeds and onion puree. Let it cook till onion becomes little brown, it will take around 4 to 5 min.
7. Add tomato puree, ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder mix it well and we need to cook it till tomato starts leaving oil. This step again will take 4 to 5 min.
8. Now its time to add chole masala, red chili powder, lemon juice and black pepper powder, mix it well and roast it for a min. We need to keep patience while cooking this recipe.
9. Now add chole, one and a half cup of water, chopped coriander, salt as per test and again needs to cook it for about 5 min. And our chole is ready, let's make the Bhature now.
10. We need to deep fry the Bhature. We need to make 4 to 5 portion from it. Size of Bhature totally depends upon you. 
11. Roll it with a rolling pin. Now before deep-frying it, here is the important thing we need to mention and you should follow is, make sure oil becomes super hot, otherwise, our Bhature will not going to puff up.
12. Deep fry it, till it gets golden dots on both of the sides and your dish is ready to serve.

Tips:

Serve it with Tadka on it which we will add some chopped ginger, red chili powder and carom seeds on top of it.

This very testy Panjabi dish contains around 600 calories. Origin of this dish is India only. This dish is getting served in many regions for breakfast with lassi.

It's very famous street food, most of the time it's getting served along with green chutney, onion, pickled carrots or Achar.

The food originated in the Northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly in Uttar Pradesh. It is served as Prasad by Hindus and Sikhs in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh.

In this recipe, Ajwain or carom seeds are playing a most important role, so don't forget to add it. It will help in digestion activity. Basically, Chana or chickpea is very heavy in nature for our stomach.

We can also have a glass of buttermilk with it, to improve the digestion. In many region, this recipe is also severed as lunch or dinner as it contains lots of nutrition.

Isn't that looking mouth-watering?

Its test is also delicious and unforgettable, so don't forget to try it and comment us your experience with chole Bhature.