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Chole bhature recipe | hotel style chole recipe | chole bhature thali recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
3.20 from 5 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course, Meal
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 

For pressure cooking chana

  • 1 cup dried white chickpeas - kabuli chana
  • Salt to taste
  • 2.5 to 3 cup water

For instant chole masala

  • 1 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tbsp anar dana
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tsp kasuri methi
  • ½ tsp black salt
  • 1 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • ¼ tsp dry mango powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala

For hotel style chole

  • 4 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 black cardamom
  • 1 cup onion paste
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
  • 1 cup tomato puree
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp instant chole masala or as per your taste
  • 1.5 cup hot water or as required
  • Coriander leaves

For chole tadka

  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • 4-5 ginger slits
  • 10 chopped garlic cloves
  • 2-3 green chilli
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder

For bhature

  • 2 cup wheat flour
  • 1/3 cup rava - fine
  • ½ cup curd
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ cup water or as required
  • Oil for frying

For onion laccha salad

  • 4 medium size onions rings
  • ½ tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tsp chaat masala
  • ¼ tsp black salt
  • 2 chopped green chilli
  • Some coriander leaves

Instructions

Making hotel style chole

  • Wash and soak 1 cup kabuli chana into water for 6-7 hrs or you can soak it overnight.
  • Now in a pressure cooker, add soaked kabuli chana, salt and water. Pressure cooks it for 6-7 whistle on medium flame till chana is slightly soft.
  • Then in a mixture jar, add 1 tbsp coriander seeds, 1 tbsp cumin seeds, 1 tbsp anardana, 1 tsp fennel seeds, 1 tsp kasuri methi, ½ tsp black salt, 1 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder, ½ tsp turmeric powder, ¼ tsp amchur powder and 1 tsp garam masala. instant chole masala is ready.
  • Now in kadai, add oil, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 bay leaf and 1 black cardamom. Saute it.
  • Then add onion puree and pinch of sugar and saute it.
  • Now add ginger garlic paste and saute it.
  • Then add tomato puree and salt. saute till it oil separate from its sides.
  • Now add 2 tbsp chole masala or as required. Mix well.
  • Then add boiled chole and mix well with gravy.
  • Add hot water and mix well with gravy. Cover and cook for 5-7 minutes on low flame.
  • Meanwhile in a tadka pan, add ghee, ginger slits, chopped garlic cloves and green chilli and saute it.
  • Add Kashmiri red chilli powder and add tadka on chole.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves and serve chole with bhature.

Making bhature.

  • In a mixing bowl, add 1/3 cup rava, ½ cup curd, salt and sugar. Mix well.
  • Now add ½ tsp baking soda and mix well.
  • Add 2 cup wheat flour and mix well.
  • Now add water gradually and knead tight dough for wheat flour bhature.
  • Add some oil and make dough slightly smooth.
  • Cover and rest dough.
  • Now take lemon size dough and roll into round shape puri.
  • Heat oil in pan, add rolled bhature and fry on high flame and splash hot oil on it. so will easy puff up.
  • Fry till it become slightly brown from both the sides.
  • Serve hot bhature with chanan masala.

Making onion laccha salad.

  • Cut onion into round slices and separate its rings.
  • Soak onion rings into ice cold water.
  • Now take onion rings into bowl, add ½ tsp red chilli powder, salt to taste, ½ tsp chaat masala, ¼ tsp black salt, 2 chopped green chilli and some coriander leaves. Mix well.
  • Onion laccha salad is ready to serve.

Notes

For chana masala
  • Do not pressure cook chole on high flame.
  • Cook chole on a low flame so the gravy can absorb into it.
 
For wheat flour bhature.
  • Knead a tight dough of wheat flour for bhature.
  • Roll the bhature to a medium thickness; do not roll them thin.
  • Splash hot oil on the bhature to make them puff up.