Chole Bhature

Chole bhatura is a much loved punjabi dish ,which is a combination of chole and bhatura.It is very famous punjabi food often served with lassi and achar onion salad.

Ingredients:-
For the chole:

1)1 cup kabuli chana (white chick peas)
2) soaked overnight 1 tea bag or tsp tea leaves tied in a muslin cloth (optional) 3)1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
4)1 onion finely chopped
5)12 mm (1/2") piece of ginger (adrak)
6) grated 2 cloves of garlic (lehsun)
7) grated 2 tsp chole masala
8)2 tsp chilli powder
9) 2 tsp dried mango powder (amchur)
10)1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
11)1 tbsp coriander (dhania) powder
12)1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) powder
13)2 tbsp oil salt to taste

For the bhature :
1)1/2 cup plain flour (maida)
2) 1/2 cup potatoes, boiled and grated
3)1 1/2 tsp oil salt to taste oil for deep-frying

Chole Bhature Recipe :
pressure cook the kabuli chana with the tea bag for aprox 3 whistles until the kabuli chana is cooked,drainand keep aside and let the extra water drain.
Take a pan add oil ,heat it and add cummin seeds ,when the seed starts cracklind add the onion ,ginger ,garlic and sauté till the onion turns golden brown.
Then to the onions add the chole masala, chilli powder, amchur, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin seed powder and salt and sauté for another minute.
Add the kabuli chana to the gravy and add 1 cup of water to it and mix well.
Cook for 10 -15 minutes,then keep aside.
For the bhature  mix flour ,potato,2 teaspoons of oil ,and mix it to make it a fine dough.
Cover the dough with a wet muslin cloth and rest the dough for 10 minutes.
roll out a small portion of dough to make it a circular roti shape, and deep fry it untill it puffs out and turns golden brown on both the sides.

Serving suggestions :
Serve the chole bhatura hot with onion salad lemon slices and achar.