Name: Chhola bhatura recipe by Shyama Amit at BetterButter
Prep time: 360 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 390 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Ingredients for chhola; 200 gram chikpeas or kabuli chana; 4 tomatoes finely chhoped; 1 onion finely chhoped; 2-3 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp chilly ginger paste; Water as required; Whole spices; 1 star anise; 1 bay leaf; 2 cloves; 2-3 black pappers; Dry spices; 1 tsp red chilly powder; 1 tsp corriender powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp chhola masala; Salt to taste; Oil 2 tbsp; Fresh corriender leaves; For bhatura; 2 cup maida; 1/2 cup suji; 1 tbsp oil; Salt to taste; Buttermilk to knead dough; Oil for frying

Ingredients Serving: 4

Ingredients for chhola
200 gram chikpeas or kabuli chana
4 tomatoes finely chhoped
1 onion finely chhoped
2-3 garlic cloves
1 tbsp chilly ginger paste
Water as required
Whole spices
1 star anise
1 bay leaf
2 cloves
2-3 black pappers
Dry spices
1 tsp red chilly powder
1 tsp corriender powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp chhola masala
Salt to taste
Oil 2 tbsp
Fresh corriender leaves
For bhatura
2 cup maida
1/2 cup suji
1 tbsp oil
Salt to taste
Buttermilk to knead dough
Oil for frying

Instructions

Soak the kabuli chana for 6 hours , after 6 hours cook it in pressure cooker with 5-6 whistle and keep aside
Knhead a dough with maida, suji, salt , oil and buttermilk
Cover the dough with a moist cloth and keep aside for atleast 2 hours
Meantime heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan add cumin, and all whole spices and saute a minute
Add onion and satue till transparent
Add chhoped garlic and chilly ginger paste into it , and them tometoes into it and cook for 5-7 minutes or till tomoto becomes soft
Add all whole dry spices and cook till oil leaves the sides
Add cooked kabuli chana and and water as required and cook with lid for 5-7 minutes
Finely garnish with fresh corriender leaves
Now make ovel shaped bhatura from the prepared dough and then fry it in oil till golden
Punjabi chola bhatura is ready to serve

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