Chana bhatura / Chole Batura

Chole Bhatura is one of the most famous Indian street food 

Ingredients:

• Soak 200 grams of Chana overnight.
• 2 onions( made into a fine paste) 
• 2 tsp of ginger garlic paste
• 3 tomatoes( make a fine paste out of it) 
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tsp of Everest Chana masala
• 1 tbsp of garam masala powder
• 1 tsp of turmeric powder
• 1 tsp of cumin powder
• 1 tsp of corriender powder
• 2 tsp of Kashmiri red chilly powder (to get a red colour in the dish)
• 1 tsp of ghee
• Oil to cook
• Salt according to your  taste. 
• Bunch of coriander leaves.

Chana masala can also be enjoyed with jeera rice ( long grain basmati rice cooked with cumin seeds)

Method:

• Boil the soaked chana (chick pea) with 5 cups of water, one diced onion and 1 tsp of salt, Boil it until they are soft. Do not drain the water (stock) in which the chana is boiled.
• I have used a pressure cooker, so need around 4 whistles to get my chickpeas ready for the next step.
• Add 2 tsp of oil in a pan ( kadai).
• Add 2 bay leaves.
• Then add the onion paste and cook till light brown.
• Now add the ginger garlic paste and cook till the raw smell goes away.
• Add 1 tsp of turmeric powder, 1 tsp of jeera powder and 1 tsp of coriander powder and 1 tsp of chilly powder.
• Now add the tomato purée and mix it well.
• As u notice the oil coming up add the chickpeas (boiled chanas with water)
• Cook it for 5- 10 min then add the chana masala, garam masala and the ghee 
• Mix it well so that the masalas don't form a lump and get evenly distributed.
• Cook it in medium flame for another 15 mins. Its done!

          While serving garnish with coriander leaves from the top.

Bhaturas:

• Take maida (all purpose flour), curd and knead it well with warm water...
• Add salt and a pinch of soda while kneading the dough.
• Keep it covered with a wet cloth for around 1 hour.
• Then make small balls out of that dough and roll these out flatly in round shapes in a rolling pin and deep fry these.

You cancheck out the Video on How to make a bhatura

Generally these bhaturas are quite big ones...but I like it medium size in my home...as these bhaturas soaks lots of oil....may be when guests come over I would also make big ones and serve you.😀