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Channa Bhatura Recipe, How to Make Channa Bhatura, Chole Bhature
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 
Channa Bhatura is one of the famous North Indian dishes.
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Channa Bhatura Recipe
Servings: 6
Calories: 840 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
Ingredients for channa bhatura:
For Channa:
  • Kabuli channa/ Chickpeas soaked overnight - 1 cup (large)
  • Tomato choped - 1 cup
  • Onions chopped- 2 cup
  • Coriander leaves chopped – 2 tbsp.
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp.
  • Lemon juice extracted – 1 tbsp.
  • Oil – 4 tbsp.
  • Ghee – 1 tbsp. optional
  • Green chillies slit - 4 no.
  • Bay leaves – 2-3 no.
  • Sugar – 1/2 tbsp.
  • Cumin Seeds – 1/2 tbsp.
  • Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tbsp.
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tbsp. as per taste
  • Coriander powder – ½ tbsp.
  • Turmeric powder – A pinch
  • Garam masala powder – 1/2 tbsp.
  • Pepper powder– 1/4 tbsp.
  • Salt – As per your taste.
For Bhatura:
  • Maida/ plain flour – 2 cups
  • Yogurt / curd – 1 cup.
  • Oil – For deep fry
  • Oil – 2 tbsp. for kneading dough
  • Soda Bicarbonate – ¼ tbsp. optional
Instructions
How to Make Channa Bhatura Recipe:
How to Make Bhatura Recipe:
  1. In a wide vessel, add maida, soda bicarbonate, yogurt, salt and required water to knead the dough.
  2. Make small balls of dough of equal size and cover with a wet cloth so that moisture is locked.
  3. As you start making bhatura recipe, take each ball of dough and roll with a roller.
  4. On another hand, heat oil in a kadai, once it reaches optimum heat put these puris into oil one by one.
  5. Let them get deep fried and expand like a ball, if needed pour little oil over puri.
Method for the preparation of channa:
  1. Soak Channa for overnight or for at least 5 hours, clean and boil them till they turn soft, keep aside.
  2. Take few chana dal and mash them separately.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and add jeera and cumin seeds.
  4. Add sliced onions, green chillies, ginger garlic paste and saute for a while.
  5. Continue adding bay leaves, cinnamon stick, cloves, sliced tomatoes and mashed channa.
  6. Sprinkle red chilli powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, salt, coriander powder, pepper powder, boiled channa and required water.
  7. Mix all ingredients and cook for a while till you get a thick gravy.
  8. At last, add little sugar and few drops of lemon extract.
  9. Garnish Channa Bhatura Recipe with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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