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Wednesday 10 June 2020

CHOLE BHATURE RECIPE/ CHANA BHATURA RECIPE / HOW TO MAKE CHOLE BHATURE

Chole bhature recipe / chana bhatura recipe

CHOLE BHATURE OR CHANA BHATURA RECIPE is a popular North Indian recipe. It is a combination of chana masala or chole and bhatura. Chole is a spicy curry made with white chickpeas and bhature is fried leavened flat bread made with maida or refined flour.

CHOLE BHATURE is often eaten as a breakfast dish.it can also be a street food or a complete meal and may be accompanied with onions, pickled carrots, green chutney or achaar. Sometime it also accompanied with lassi.

Ingredients for chole bhature recipe:

For chole recipe:

1. Kabuli chana or chickpea – 1 cup

2. Onion paste – 2 tbsp

3. Ginger – garlic paste – 1 tbsp

4. Tomatoes – 3

5. Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

6. Red chili powder – 2 tsp + 1 tsp

7. Coriander powder – 2 tsp

8. Cumin powder – 1 tsp

9. Amchur powder – 1 tsp

10. Kasoori methi – 1 tbsp

11. Chole masala – 2 tbsp

12. Salt

13. Oil

14. Green chilies- 4 to 5

15. Ginger – 2 inches ( cut into long and thin strip)

16. Bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper.

For bhature recipe:

1. Maida or refined flour – 2 cups

2. Suji or samolina – 2 tbsp

3. Oil or ghee – 2 tbsp

4. Salt

5. Sugar – 1 tbsp

6. Curd – 2 tbsp

7. Baking powder – ½ tsp

8. Baking soda – ¼ tsp

9. Oil for deep frying

How to make chole :

1. Wash and soak chickpeas for 6 to 8 hours or overnight. In a pressure cooker, add soaked chole or chickpeas with 3 cups water.

2. Add salt, bay leaves and cinnamon in it. Cover the lid of the pressure cooker and let it cook for 10 whistles or until the chana is, tender and cooked well. ( it is important to cook the chole till its soft and has melted in mouth texture)

3. Heat 3 to 4 tbsp oil in a pan or kadai and add cumin seeds, bay leaves, cloves and black pepper in it. Saute for a while.

4. Add onion paste and ginger- garlic paste. Saute for 2 minutes or until the raw smell goes away.

5. Now add all dry masalas like, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder and amchur powder and mix well.

6. Fry all masalas for 1 to 2 minutes.

7. Add tomato purees, salt and chole masala. Fry the masala very nicely until it cooked properly and the oil separated from masalas.

8. Add boiled chana or chickpeas. Mix well.

9. Add 2 cups of chai ka pani or water boil with one tsp of tealeaves. It will give good colour to our chole. (you can add normal water also)

10. Cover the lid and let it simmer for 10 to 12 minutes.

11. After 10 minutes remove the lid and check the consistency of gravy. Add kasoori methi and mix well.

12. FOR TEMPERING:

1. Heat one tsp oil in a tadka pan.

2. Add cumin seeds, slit green chilies, ginger strips and saute.

3. Switch off the flame and add 1 tsp red chili powder.

4. Add the tempering on the chole.

13. Now the chole is ready to serve.

How to make bhature:

1. Sieve maida, baking powder, baking soda in a large container. Add suji, salt, sugar, curd and oil in the maida mixture.

2. Add water in intervals and knead to a soft and smooth dough.

3. Cover the dough and keep it minimum one hour for resting.

4. After one hour knead the dough and make small ball out of that.

5. Apply oil and roll it into round or oval shape.

6. Drop bhatura in hot oil it will start puffing with in a minute.

7. Flip it and fry the other side.

8. When it becomes light golden remove the bhatur Serve hot with chole.

Thursday 23 April 2020

INSTANT RAVA DHOKLA/ RAVA DHOKLA RECIPE/ INSTANT SUJI OR SEMOLINA DHOKLA

Nibedita Breakfast , dhokla recipe.

Instant rava dhokla recipe / rava dhokla recipe/ instant suji (semolina) dhokla

DHOKLA is a vegetarian snack delicacy from Gujarati cuisine. This dish is very simple yet delicious and can be prepared at home without putting much effort.

DHOKLA RECIPES are very common and a popular snacks for many Indian households. It is served for breakfast and for evening snack. This dish is very healthy because it is a steamed recipe and less oil is used to cook.

DHOKLA is very delicious, soft and spongy as well as a very simple and easy to make recipe. Basically, dhokla recipes are prepared from fermented batter. However, this recipe is an instant version of dhokla recipe with eno fruit salt, which helps to hasten the fermentation process.

We can make dhokla using besan or chickpeas, but here I have made it by using rava or suji or semolina. Basically, dhokla is made in steamer, but in microwave oven we can make it in very less time with more softness and sponginess. I have here shared how to make instant dhokla in microwave oven.

Ingredients for rava dhokla:

1. Rava or suji – 2 cups

2. Curd – 1 cup

3. Salt

4. Sugar – 2tsp

5. Lemon juice – 2 tsp

6. Oil- 2 tbsp

7. Ginger and green chili paste – 2 tsp

8. Eno fruit salt – 2 tbsp

FOR TADKA OR TEMPERING:

1. Oil – 1 tbsp

2. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

3. Sesame seeds – 1 tsp

4. Curry leaves – 2 tbsp

5. Chopped coriander leaves – 2 tbsp

6. Green chilies – 4 ( slit length wise)

Preparations for making rava dhokla or instant rava dhokla:

1. Mix rava, curd and salt in a bowl and add water in it. Beat it nicely and make a lump free batter.

2. Add ginger and green chili paste and sugar in it. Mix well.

3. Mix oil in it and keep it for 20 to 30 minutes for soaking.

4. For steaming, take 2 to 3 cups of water in a big karai or vessel and let the water boil.

5. Grease the utensil in which you will make the dhokla.

(Take such a utensil for making dhokla that can comfortably come inside the karai or pot in which you have taken water.)

How to make rava dhokla or instant rava dhokla;

1. After 20 minutes check the rava batter and adjust the consistency of the batter.

2. Before pouring the batter in the greased utensil, add eno fruit salt and mix well.

3. After adding eno immediately pour the batter in greased utensil.

4. Keep a stand inside the water of the karai or vessel and put the utensil on the stand.

5. Cover the karai or vessel and let it cook for 20 minutes.

6. After 20 minutes, check the dhokla by putting a knife inside the dhokla. If the knife comes clean, then the dhokla has cooked properly.

7. Take out the container and keep it to become cool.

8. Transfer the dhokla into a plate.

9. Meanwhile prepare for tadka or tempering.

10. FOR TEMPERING:

A. Take a tadka pan and heat oil.

B. Add mustard seeds in it.

C. When mustard seeds crackle, add sesame seeds, hing.

D. Now add curry leaves, green chilies and coriander leaves.

E. Pour the tadka on dhokla

11. Cut the dhokla into pieces and serve with green chutney.

How to make instant rava dhokla in microwave:

Rava dhokla can be made in microwave oven very quickly. It takes less time then steamer and comes out as more spongy and soft then steamer. For making instant rava dhokla in microwave follow all steps until making dhokla batter mentioned above. Then,

1. Grease a microwave safe bowl.