India

Chole Bhature

Name: Chole Bhature
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 300 g Chickpeas (soaked overnight); 2 each Onions & tomatoes; 1-2 tbsp each Chana masala & anardana; 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste; 300 g + 3 tbsp Flour & yoghurt (for bhature); plenty Vegetable oil (for frying)

Spiced chickpeas with airy fried bread

Chole bhature is a North Indian breakfast and feast from Punjab: spicy braised chickpeas (chole) with deep-fried, puffed bread (bhature).

The chickpeas are cooked with tea for their dark colour and given a tangy edge with pomegranate-seed powder (anardana).

Servings4

Time90 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Chickpeas (soaked overnight)300 g
Onions & tomatoes2 each
Chana masala & anardana1-2 tbsp each
Ginger-garlic paste1 tbsp
Flour & yoghurt (for bhature)300 g + 3 tbsp
Vegetable oil (for frying)plenty

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Boil the chickpeas until tender.
Reduce onions, tomatoes, ginger-garlic and spices into a masala.
Add the chickpeas and sharpen with anardana.
Knead flour, yoghurt and water into a dough, let prove.
Roll out bhature and puff-fry in hot oil; serve together.

Make it original

Chana masala and anardana for chole bhature are in the Asia Boutique.

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