Cholay Bhatura (Chana Bhatura)

 Bhature Dough

• 1 cup maida
• 1 cup sooji
• 2 tbsp Dahi (curd/yoghurt)
• 2 tbsp oil
• salt
• pinch of sugar
• Eno or Soda

Bhatura Recipe

• Mix all ingredients and let the dough rest overnight or use Eno for quick fermentation. This makes roughly 4 Bhature
• Roll the bhature into pooris and fry them

Cholay Recipe

• Soak Cholay (Chickpeas) overnight. 
• Boil soaked chickpeas along with 2 black cardamoms,2 green elachi, tea water (chai patti ki pani), bay leaf. Keep aside
• Now heat oil and add green chillies, ginger, onion. Fry for a minute
• Add the dry powders - Kasuri methi, dhaniya powder, aamchur, kashmiri red chilli, Degi mirch,chole masala. Add a splash of water so the powders do not burn
• Add the cooked cholay (remove bay leaf and cardamom), adjust water and let it simmer
• Serve hot with pickled onions