Chole Bhature (Chickpea Curry) Recipe

Ingredients

For Pressure Cooking Chickpeas:

• 1 cup dried white chickpeas, (canned chickpeas can also be used)
• water, as required for soaking
• ¼ tsp salt
• 3 cup water, for pressure cooking
• baking soda, a pinch or two, optional

For Gravy:

• 3 tbsp oil, or ghee
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• ¼ tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 asafoetida, (hing), pinch, optional
• 1 tsp dry mango powder, (amchur powder)
• 1½ cup water, to be added later
• salt, as required
• 1 green chilli, (hari mirch), slit
• 1 tsp garam masala powder, chole masala

For Whole Garam Masala:

• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tej patta, (indian bay leaf), large
• cinnamon, 2 inch
• 3 cloves
• 2 green cardamom
• 3 black peppercorns

For Ground Paste Ingredients:

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
• ginger, 1 inch, chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, medium, chopped
• 1 green chili, chopped

For Bhatura:

• 1½ cup maida, (all-purpose flour)
• ⅓ cup fine sooji, (rava or fine semolina)
• ½ tbsp oil, or ghee
• ½ tbsp fine granulated sugar
• ½ tsp salt, or as required
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ cup curd, (yogurt)
• water, as required for kneading
• oil, for deep frying as required