Thursday, May 8, 2008

Tasty Tasty Chholey Bhature

My Memories with this dish are ever lasting. My mom use to prepare Chholey Bhature whenever I go home after many months. This Recipe is altough takes a bit of tim ebut very easy ti prepare. It is very very tasty and spicy, you will definitely cherish it. So, here is the recipe...

Choley Bhature


Ingredients:

FOR CHHOLEY

White/kabuli channa - 500 gm
1 or 2 tea bags
3 medium sliced onions
3 medium slice tomatoes
1 tbs ginger garlic paste
3-4 green chillis
2 piece moti elaichi
2 tbs dhania powder
3 tbs black jeera powder
1 tbs garam masala
1 tbs jeera
3 tbs lemon juice
1 stick of dal cheeni
salt to taste
red chilli powder to taste.
2 TBSN oil.

FOR BHATURE

2 cups maida
1/2 cup sooji
salt to taste
1 tsb ajwain
1/2 tsb baking powder
2 pinch baking soda
1 cup yogurt
oil for deep fry.

Instructions:

1. Previous night make a dough for bhature. Mix all the ingredients of bhature. Make dough with the help of water. It should not be very tight or very soft. Leave it in the kitchen, not in the refrigerator.

2. Boil channa with water, salt, moti elaichi, jeera powder and 2 tea bags.

3. Take a cooking pan. Heat 2 tbsn oil, add jeera, dalchini and onions. fry it till onions get light brown and then add ginger garlic paste, after 20 seconds put sliced tomatoes. Cook them till the oil separates.

4. Add dhania powder, garam masala, lemon juice, red chiili powder, salt and channa with small amount of water. Cover them and cook it for 5- 10 minutes. And your punjabi chhole are ready.

5. To make bhature oil for deep fry. Make small balls from the dough and flatten them with belan. Deep fry them in oil and serve with hot chhole and salad.





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