Chola Bhatura Recipe, How to make Chola Masala and bhatura.
Chola Masala is a part of famous northern India cuisine. But this one is my special recipe with very less oil. It tastes better than the thick oily gravy masala you normally get in restaurants.
I am always ready to cook chola masala for dinner or lunch. Because no other side dishes are needed with this one. Of course after having one Bhatura (deep fried bread) you won’t feel like having anything else.
But what makes my curry special is the quick homemade Garam Masala. It is a mixture of roasted spices. I don’t make powder, but just grind a little bit in my small stone grinder.
I also steamed chopped onion and tomatoes with the chickpeas instead of cooking it in oil, so you don’t need to make tomato puree or spend more time in cooking and mixing.
Chola Bhatura Recipe
Ingredients
For chola
- 250 gm chickpeas Soaked in water overnight
- 4 cup water
- 1 medium size onion chopped
- 1 medium size tomato chopped
- 1 teaspoon ginger paste
- 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 2 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon cumin sdeeds
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon tamarind paste
- 2 cup all purpose flour Maida
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup curd yoghurt
- 2 pinch of salt or as per your taste
- 1 tablespoon yeast powder
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 2 tbsp Garam Masala
- 2 Dry red chilies
Instructions
- Soak chole(chickpeas ) in warm water overnight with 1 teaspoon soda.
- Mix chole, onion, Tomato and ginge. Steamed 6-7 times until Chole become very soft.
- Heat oil in pan, add bay leaves , cumin seeds, mustard seeds. add garlic and sauté till garlic is brown.
- Add garam masala after 10 secs add chole mixture and tamarind paste. Cover the pan and cook it for 5 mins.
- Instructions for making Bhatura.
- Mix all the ingredient listed for bread and knead until your get smooth dough. Cover it with plastic wrapper or wet towel for 1 hours.
- Form it in to 6 balls(smal rolls size) and you can also make small size rolls.
- Roll them into 5-4 inch discs.
- Heat oil (sufficient to deep fry bread). Now rolled-out bhatura in oil very gentaly, do not splash oil.
- Deep fry bread (keep turning it) till both the sides are light golden brown.
Notes
Nutrition
Step by step instructions with photos
For Chola |
Soak chole(chickpeas ) in warm water overnight with 1 teaspoon soda. |
Mix chole/onion/Tomato /ginger and steamed it till chole till they become very soft |
Grid all garam masala ingredient in mixer grinder except bay leaf, I prefer my stone grinder and also grind a very little , I don’t make powder. |
Heat oil in pan, add bay leaves , cumin seeds,mustard seeds. add garlic and sauté till garlic is brown. |
Add garam masala after 10 secs add chole mixture and tamarind paste |
cover the pan and cook it for 5-10 mins |
For Bhatura : |
Mix all the ingredient listed for bread and knead until your get smooth dough. Cover it with plastic wrapper or wet towel for 1 hours. |
Form it in to 6 balls(smal rolls size) and you can also make small size rolls. |
Roll them into 5-4 inch discs. |
Heat oil (sufficient to deep fry bread) |
Now rolled-out bhatura in oil very gentaly, do not splash oil. |
Deep fry bread (keep turning it) till both the sides are light golden brown. |
I’ll definitely make the bread for breakfast, looks amazing. And masala, I always tought it was complicated, so I naver made it. But it’s not really 🙂 thank you for sharing.
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Oh my gosh the bread in last picture looks so delicious!!! Although I’ve never heard of
Chola Masala before, I’d love to taste it with this bread. Looks absolutely delicious – oh and you have a cute bowl… 🙂