Ummm.. Chole Bhatura!!!
Chole otherwise known as chick peas.. and one of the famous dishes from North India (Punjab).
My association with Punjab and North India goes back to the 80's & 90's. Oh! that does not make me to be in my late 40's or so.. Just that i was born in the Northern part of India. My early days and in fact most part of my schooling was in north India. I quiet enjoyed the transfers and shifting. I enjoyed the fact that dad was part of the Indian Army.
I must admit, its this association that gave me an opportunity to grow up in the multi-cultural,diverse, and colorful India that most people only end up speaking about or reading in books. Moving places every 2 years, meeting people from various walks of life, and the best of all...eating some yummy food that is special to them.
With Mommy being so passionate about cooking, and forever experimenting on food, we were always benefited out of the whole deal.
The other day, i was speaking to mom and i was telling her about my blog on food. I know she read it and liked the fact that i am finally cooking and enjoying it as much as she enjoyed cooking for us. It was then that she told me.. "its wonderful to cook & bake and experiment. The best is when u have people, even more kids to eat. :) "
I agree with mom! kids are honest and not fussy at all..if they love it they will love u for treating them so much... and if they don't like the taste..just look at the expression and know it all... :D ha ha ha..
Okay! coming to Chole Batura.... My palate is super excited with the thought of it! its a simple yet amazing dish. Chole is the thick chick pea gravy while Bhatura is a kind of deep fried "bread".
Coming to the recipe.. ;)
Chole:-
Ingredients:
Soak the kabuli channa overnight. Now pressure cook the chole till 3-4 whistles. The chole need to be soft and such that we can mash with our fingers itself.
Now, in a hot oil pan...add the ginger garlic paste and onions. The grated onions need to turn brown. Add the green chillies & tomatoes. Make sure the tomatoes get mashed completely in the onions & ginger garlic. Add the chole masala and leave the mix to cook on slow flame. (if the flame is too high, it would get burnt rather than cooking well. You know the mix is coming together well when the aroma of the spices within the masala starts to spread around you...Trust me! its totally intoxicating.... :) )
Add the red chili powder and salt too. ( I prefer adding the salt once i put the chole in..but its absolutely fine if you wanna put in the salt now too.)
Add the chole to the mixture. Mash a bit too..(make sure you don't end up mashing all of it..Just with a spoon move over the chole and mash a bit...not aggressively please...)
In case the chole is turning out to be too dry, you can add some of the stock of the chole itself. And leave it to cook. Once the chole is cooked, add the garam masala and stir well... Just before serving add the chopped coriander leaves.
Batura :-
Ingredients:
Make a dough by mixing Maida, salt, Curd, & some water. Kneed well such that the dough is soft.
Make small balls and using a rolling pin, roll the dough into oblong or round shaped rotis. Deep fry the rotis.
Serving:
The Chole is served with chopped onions over it and a piece of lime. Squeeze the lime on it for an even more mesmerizing experience! Relish it along with the Baturas.. :)
Soothe Ur senses!!!! :) :) :)
Chole otherwise known as chick peas.. and one of the famous dishes from North India (Punjab).
My association with Punjab and North India goes back to the 80's & 90's. Oh! that does not make me to be in my late 40's or so.. Just that i was born in the Northern part of India. My early days and in fact most part of my schooling was in north India. I quiet enjoyed the transfers and shifting. I enjoyed the fact that dad was part of the Indian Army.
I must admit, its this association that gave me an opportunity to grow up in the multi-cultural,diverse, and colorful India that most people only end up speaking about or reading in books. Moving places every 2 years, meeting people from various walks of life, and the best of all...eating some yummy food that is special to them.
With Mommy being so passionate about cooking, and forever experimenting on food, we were always benefited out of the whole deal.
The other day, i was speaking to mom and i was telling her about my blog on food. I know she read it and liked the fact that i am finally cooking and enjoying it as much as she enjoyed cooking for us. It was then that she told me.. "its wonderful to cook & bake and experiment. The best is when u have people, even more kids to eat. :) "
I agree with mom! kids are honest and not fussy at all..if they love it they will love u for treating them so much... and if they don't like the taste..just look at the expression and know it all... :D ha ha ha..
Okay! coming to Chole Batura.... My palate is super excited with the thought of it! its a simple yet amazing dish. Chole is the thick chick pea gravy while Bhatura is a kind of deep fried "bread".
Coming to the recipe.. ;)
Chole:-
Ingredients:
- Kabuli Channa/ Chick Peas - 2 cups
- Onions - 2 (grated)
- Tomatoes- 2 (finely chopped)
- Green Chili - 2 (slit into halves)
- Coriander Leaves (finely chopped)
- Lemon
- Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp/ 1 Tbsp
- Chole Masala- 3 Tsp
- Garam masala- 1 tsp
- Red Chili powder- 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
Soak the kabuli channa overnight. Now pressure cook the chole till 3-4 whistles. The chole need to be soft and such that we can mash with our fingers itself.
Now, in a hot oil pan...add the ginger garlic paste and onions. The grated onions need to turn brown. Add the green chillies & tomatoes. Make sure the tomatoes get mashed completely in the onions & ginger garlic. Add the chole masala and leave the mix to cook on slow flame. (if the flame is too high, it would get burnt rather than cooking well. You know the mix is coming together well when the aroma of the spices within the masala starts to spread around you...Trust me! its totally intoxicating.... :) )
Add the red chili powder and salt too. ( I prefer adding the salt once i put the chole in..but its absolutely fine if you wanna put in the salt now too.)
Add the chole to the mixture. Mash a bit too..(make sure you don't end up mashing all of it..Just with a spoon move over the chole and mash a bit...not aggressively please...)
In case the chole is turning out to be too dry, you can add some of the stock of the chole itself. And leave it to cook. Once the chole is cooked, add the garam masala and stir well... Just before serving add the chopped coriander leaves.
Batura :-
Ingredients:
- Maida/ All purpose flour
- Curd
- Water
- Salt to taste
Make a dough by mixing Maida, salt, Curd, & some water. Kneed well such that the dough is soft.
Make small balls and using a rolling pin, roll the dough into oblong or round shaped rotis. Deep fry the rotis.
Serving:
The Chole is served with chopped onions over it and a piece of lime. Squeeze the lime on it for an even more mesmerizing experience! Relish it along with the Baturas.. :)
Soothe Ur senses!!!! :) :) :)
P.S:
I am sure many would like to add some more spices.. But i prefer keeping it a lot more simple and then playing around the spices as i advance.. u can add jeera powder, amchur powder, pepper etc... play around & share!!! ;)
The Choley bhatura were very good.
ReplyDeletekeep up the good work.