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Chole Bhature


Ingredients for Chole

250 gms Chick peas soaked overnight
Salt to Taste

For the Potli

1 sachet of tea leaves
5 - 6 cloves
10 pepper corns
2 badi elaichi
2 small elaichi
1 inch piece of cinnamon.

Make a potli of all these ingredients or place it in a tea infuser.


Method

Boil soaked peas with double the water. 500 ml approx.
Add the masala potli and salt
Cook in a pressure cooker till Chole are cooked.


For Masala

250 gms Onions
125 gms tomatoes
2  inch ginger paste
50 gms Anardana
3 tsp Jeera
1tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp dhania powder
Everest Chole masala about 25 gms ( 2 tbsp)
Oil for chaunk
1tbsp Ghee


Method

1. Roast anardana and 2 tsp jeera on a tava. Grind and sieve this masala and keep aside.
2. In a big kadhai add oil, 1 tsp jeera, onion, ginger and saute till golden brown.
3. Add haldi, dhania, mirchi, chole and cook for a few minutes.
4. Add tomato puree and cool till it leaves oil.
5. Remove the potli from chole and strain the chole. Keep the water aside.
6. Tip in the chole to the mixture, add salt and add the boiled chole water
7. Boil for 15 minutes and add 1 tbsp ghee just before serving.

For Bhature

250 gms Maida
1 cup dahi \ curd for dough
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp sugar powder
1 tbsp oil
salt to taste
1tbsp rawa
Oil for frying

Method

1. Knead a nice dough using all the ingredients with only dahi. Do not add any water.
2. The consistency should be like that of a chapati dough.
3.  Brush it with oil and keep it overnight.
4. Roll out nice bhature and fry it in hot oil.

Serve with chole!



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