Chole Bhature - Salads, Soups & Stews Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour ~ Maida
• 1/8 tsp or a pinch of baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• oil
• 9 -10 tbsp or 1 cup (approx.) yogurt
• tbsp coriander seeds (I wanted to use 2/3 tbsp. but miscalculated when scaling down the recipe and used more than required)
• 1 tsp anardana or pomegranate seeds (optional)
• 1/3 in cinnamon stick
• 1 - 2 cloves (I used 2 cloves)
• 1 Badi Elaichi or black cardamom (if you don’t have black cardamom, use 2 green cardamoms)
• 1/3 tsp black peppercorns
• 1/3 - 1/2 bay leaves
• 1/2 red dry chili
• 1 cup dry chickpeas or 2 cups cooked chickpeas
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2/3 cup chopped onion
• 1 tbsp ginger and garlic
• 1/3 cup cup chopped tomato (I used vine ripe tomato but any variety can be used) or 1/2 large Tomato
• 2 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp chili powder
• 2 1/2 - 3 tbsp chole masala
• 3 - 4 small green chilies are as required to taste (this is for garnish)
• onions, sliced
• lemon slices or juice
• cilantro, chopped