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Chole Bhature

Name: Chole Bhature
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 3
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 400g Chickpeas (canned); 2 Onion; 3 Tomato; 1 tbsp Ginger-Garlic Paste; 1 tbsp Chole Masala (or curry powder); 300g All-purpose flour; 2 tbsp Yogurt; 1 tsp Baking Powder; To taste Oil for frying

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 3

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Spicy chickpea curry with puffy fried bread — a North Indian breakfast favorite.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chole bhature is a beloved pairing in North India, especially Delhi: chole, a spicy chickpea curry with an onion and tomato base, and bhature, leavened bread fried until it balloons. It's a classic for weekend breakfasts and celebrations, and hugely popular at street stalls.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Delhi stall on a weekend morning, puffed-up bhature arrive fresh from the oil with piping hot chole.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 3)

Chickpeas (canned) 400g
Onion 2
Tomato 3
Ginger-Garlic Paste 1 tbsp
Chole Masala (or curry powder) 1 tbsp
All-purpose flour 300g
Yogurt 2 tbsp
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mince the onion and fry in oil until golden.
Add ginger-garlic paste, tomato purée, and chole masala and stir-fry.
Add the chickpeas and water and simmer about 20 minutes to finish the chole.
Mix flour, yogurt, baking powder, salt, and water into a dough and rest for 30 minutes.
Roll into rounds and fry in 180°C oil until puffed and golden to make the bhature.
Serve the chole and bhature together.

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