Chole Bhature Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups Chickpea (Safed Chole)
• 1 no. Tea bag
• 2-3 pieces of Bay leaves (Tej patta)
• 3 cloves of Garlic
• 3 pods of Black Cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
• Salt to taste
• Water to Boil the chole
• 1 tablespoon Pomegranate seeds powder ((or whole seeds))
• 1 tablespoon Coriander powder (sukha dhaniya) ((or whole seeds))
• 1 tablespoon Roasted cumin seeds ((or regular cumin seeds))
• 1 teaspoon Chopped Amla pieces ((or amla powder))
• 1 teaspoon Black Pepper powder
• 1 tablespoon Kala namak (Black salt)
• 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon Powder ((or cinnamon sticks))
• 1 medium Onion,chopped
• 1 medium Tomato, chopped
• 1 tablespoon Chopped Ginger
• 2 tablespoon Chopped cilantro leaves
• 1 tablespoon Sugar ((optional))
• 2 tablespoon Oil
• 2-3 nos. Big Green Chilies
• 2 teaspoon Grounded mustard seeds
• Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon Oil

Instructions

1. 1

   --- BOILING CHOLE ---

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   A night before- clean, wash and soak chole overnight.

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   Soaked chole all puffed up.

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   Assemble: all the ingredients needed to boil chole.

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   Drain soaked chole water and wash it under clean tap water.

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   Add chole to a pressure cooker and add all the ingredients one by one.

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   Pressure cook for nearly 20 minutes or until chole are soft and tender.

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   Keep it aside.

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   I prefer to discard boiled whole spices, mushy garlic and tea bags from the boiled chole.

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    --- CHOLE MASALA ---

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    Assemble: all the chana masala ingredients.

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    Leave these four out - black salt, red chili powder, cinnamon powder and roasted cumin seeds....

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    Transfer all the spices to a pan and on a low flame dry roast all of the spices till they start omitting their aroma. Be careful not to burn the spices. Keep them aside.

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    --- ASSEMBLING CHOLE ---

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    Final step is to assemble the chole.

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    In a kadhai heat oil, add onions, ginger and saute for 2 minutes on a medium flame. Mix in chopped tomatoes, salt and mix till they are fully blended.

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    Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes till tomatoes are soft and tender.

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    They will look like this - all mushy.

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    Mix in the roasted dry spices and the left out 4 dry spices - black salt, red chili powder, cinnamon powder and roasted cumin seeds....

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    And give it a good mix.

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    Add 1/4 cup water and bring it to a boil.

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    As the oil starts to separate..

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    Mix in boiled chole...

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    And cook for another 4-5 minutes on a medium flame.

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    Bring it to a boil, add chopped cilantro leaves and mix..

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    Delicious and mildly flavored chole are ready.

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    --- PICKLED CHILIES ---

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    Clean and wash green chilies.

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    Slit them lengthwise.

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    In a pan heat oil, add powdered mustard seeds, salt and green chilies.

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    Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes on a medium low flame. Enjoy!!