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Chole Bhature Recipe

How to make Chole Bhature at home
Prep Time8 hours
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time8 hours 30 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian, Punjabi
Author: Deeksha

Ingredients

Ingredient for Bhature

  • 2 cup All-Purpose flour (Maida)
  • tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • Salt (as required)
  • Water (as required for dough)

Ingredients for Chole

  • 300 gm Chole (Chickpeas)
  • ½ tbsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ tbsp Jeera (Cumin Seeds)
  • 1 Cup Finely Chopped Onions
  • ½ cup Tomato Paste
  • 1-2 Chopped Green Chili
  • tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 1 tbsp Coriander Powder (Dhania Powder)
  • Salt (as per taste)
  • 1 tbsp Amchoor (mango powder)
  • Kasturi Methi

Instructions

How to make Bhature

  • Take 2 cups of all-purpose flour (maida) in a bowl, add salt (as required), 1 tsp of baking powder and 1½ tsp of oil in it.
  • Mix it well. Add a bit of water in intervals knead it and make a soft dough.
  • When it's done then leave the dough for resting around 4-5 hours.
  • After that, take small part of dough and make small balls and roll that ball on rolling board .
  • Now heat oil in the pan and add rolled bhatura in the pan.
  • Fry it from both sides.
  • So, Bhature is ready. Now it's time to make Chole for this fluffy Bhature.

How To Make Chole (Chickpeas)

  • Take 300 gm of Chole(Chickpeas) and soaked overnight.
  • In the next morning add ½ tbsp of baking soda and leave that pressure cooker on high flame and wait for 1 whistle.
  • Heat oil in the pan and add bay leaf and jeera (cumin seeds) in the pan.
  • Then add finely chopped onions.
  • When onions cooked then add ½ cup of tomatoes and 1-2 green chilli in the pan. 
  • Mix it well. Then add 1½ tsp of turmeric powder, 1 tsp of red chili powder, 1 tbsp of coriander powder, 1 tbsp of salt( as required).
  • Mix it well and add some water that masala is not stuck in the bottom of the pan.
  • When masala is cooked then add that boiled Cholle (chickpeas) in the masala.
  • Mix it well. Add 1 tbsp of Amchoor (mango powder) and kasturi methi in the chole.
  • After that add that boiled water of Chole (chickpeas) and also add water in it. The consistency of Chole (Chickpeas) depend on you.
  • Let it boiled around10-15 minutes.
  • So, finally Chole Bhature is now ready to serve with curd, onion salad, fried green chilli or mango pickle whatever you like.