Chole Bhatura

Ingredients

For Bhatura

Maida -4 cups
yogurt - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 tsp
Oil - 5 tsp
salt - 2 tsp
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp

For Chole Curry

Chick peas/Channa : 2 cups (soak it in overnight or soak in hot water for 2 hrs and pressure cooker )
Onions : 2 (medium)
cloves:4
cinnamon:1/4 inch
Oil : 3 tbsp
Curry leaves : 5-6
Green chilies : 2
Tomato : 1
Ginger and Garlic paste : 1 tbsp
Red chili powder : 1 tsp
Coriander seeds : 1 tbsp
Dhania powder: 2tsp
turmeric: 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves : 2 tbsp

Procedure

Batura :

1. Take a wide vessel add maida, yogurt , salt, baking powder, sugar,oil,baking powder and slowly add some warm waterand make a soft dough.
2. Cover the dough with some wet cloth and keep it aside in warm place for fermentation. (about 3-4 hours)
3. After that divide the dough into 18-20 equal portions and roll them into smooth balls.
4. And roll the small balls individually into big sized puri.
5. Choose a thick-bottomed pot and heat oil in it for deep frying.Make sure the oil is medium hot.
6. Now gently slide the flattened Batura dough into the oil and gently press the batura in the center and along the edges into the oil with the back of a spoon/ladle.
7. This should make it puff up nicely. Once its golden brown, turn it over and do the same.
8. Make sure you have enough heat to cook the insides but high heat will just turn it into a dark color.
9. Serve it hot with chole masala.

Chole Curry:

1. Heat oil in a pan add cloves and cinnamon after that add 1 finely chopped onion and fry them till it becomes lightly brown.
2. Add green chilies, ginger garlic paste mix it all together fry them till the raw smell goes off and add the tomatoes now .
3. Just mash it and add salt , turmeric powder, red chili powder,dhania powder mix it all together.
4. Let it sit in the heat fry them till it becomes dry and the masala smell goes off.
5. Now grind the above mixture into a paste with 1/2 cup of cooked channa.
6. Now again heat oil in a pan add 1 finely chopped onion and fry them till it becomes lightly brown.
7. After that add ground channa masala paste with a cup of water and the remaining whole channa mix it all well and cook in medium heat for 5- 10 minutes.
8. Finally add the coriander leaves and curry leaves toss it all together and remove from heat.

Chole Curry(North Indian Style)

The above procedure is followed with the below 2 changes:

1. Replace the green chillies and chilli powder with 2 tsp of pepper seeds.
2. Cook the masala with 1 cup of strong black tea.