Chole Bhature

Chole bhature is an all time favourite pinjabi dish. It's the most popular dish of India and is loved by one and all. It is an combination of spicy chickpea curry served with deep fried pooris. It's normally served for breakfast but can be had as any meal of the day. If you have soaked chickpeas it can be prepared within minutes and ideal for an weekend meal! here is the simple recipe of this wonderful dish..

Ingredients:

Chole:
dry white chickpeas(kabuli channa)- 2cups
onion roughly chopped- 1large
tomato roughly chopped- 2large
ginger-garlic paste- 1tbsp
red chilli powder -2tsp
chole masala- 2tsp
coriander powder- 1tsp
cumin powder- 1tsp
amchoor powder- 1tsp
1 tea bag/ 1tsp tea powder tied in a muslin cloth(optional)
cumin seeds- 1tsp
oil -2tsp
salt to taste

Bhature:
all purpose flour/maida- 2cups
fine sooji/chiroti rava- 1/4cup
curd/yogurt- 2tbsp
sugar- 2tsp
baking soda- 1/4tsp
ghee/oil- 1tsp
salt to taste
oil for deep frying

Method:

Chole:
1. soak chickpeas overnight.
2. grind together onion and tomatoes.
3. heat oil in a pressure cooker, add cumin seeds, when they splutter add ginger garlic paste, all the
    masala powders and saute for a minute. Now add onion-tomato puree and fry for 2-3mins.
4. add soaked chickpeas, salt and tea bag. Adjust the water accordingly. Pressure cook it for 3-5
    whistles.
5. serve hot with bhature. This will also taste good with naan, poori, chapathi, rice and pulao.

Bhature:
1. Take all the ingredients( except oil that has to be taken for deep frying ) in a bowl. Then add water
     little by little and knead it into a smooth dought. allow it to rest for 10mins.
2. to make the bhature, take a small ball of the dough, roll it into a poori(it should be slightly thicker
    than the regular poori) and deep fry it in a hot oil.
3. serve hot along with chole, with sliced lemon and onions in the side.

See also:
Green chickpeas curry(hara channa masala)
Togari kalu curry(pigeon pea curry)
peas pulao
green peas masala
gujarati thepla

Ragada Patties

Ragada patties is a popular chat recipe. It's an popular breakfast in marathi cuisine and can be had as an one pot meal also. can be easily made if you have soaked peas. Here is the step wise recipe of the famous Indian chat.

ragada patties

Ingredients:

Ragada:

white peas(vatana)-1cup

tamarind paste- 2tbsp
jaggery- 1tbsp

ginger garlic paste- 1tsp
red chilli powder- 1tsp
coriander powder- 1tsp
garam masala powder- 1tsp
mustard seeds- 1/2tsp
curry leaves- 6-7
asafoetida- a pinch
oil- 2tsp

Patties:

potatoes- 3medium
cornflour- 1tbsp
coriander leaves chopped- 2tbsp
lime juice- 1tbsp
red chilli powder- 1tsp
salt to taste
oil- 1tsp

To serve:

onion finely chopped- 1cup
coriander leaves chopped- 1/2cup
sev(thin)- 1 cup
green chutney- 1/2cup
sweet chutney-1/2cup


Method:

Ragada:
1. soak white peas overnight and pressure cook it for 5 whistles.
2. heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida, when the mustard seeds splutter
    add the remaining ingredients of ragada along with the cooked white peas and cook it in low    
    flame for 10mins. check the consistency and add the water accordingly.

Patties:
1. boil and smash the potatoes, add the remaining ingredients of patties and mix well.
2. take a ball sized mixture and shape them into patties.
3. heat a non stick pan and shallow fry the patties by drizzling oil on both the sides. if you want you
    can deep fry the patties also.

To serve:
1. place 2 patties on a plate. pour suuficient amount of ragada over it.
2. add green chutney, sweet chutney, onions, coriander and top it with sev.
3. serve hot.

See also: sev puri
               vada pav

Sev Puri

It's saturday and a day for enjoying all the fun street foods and here is the recipe of the most loved street food Sev Puri. We can make it even more tastier in our kitchens too. Try this simple recipe at home and your family is going to love it.

Ingredients: 5 papdis
                    1/4cup boiled and chopped potatoes
                    1/4cup finely chopped onions
                    3tbsp Green chutney
                    3tbsp Sweet chutney
                    3tsp Garlic chutney
                    1tsp chaat masala
                    1tsp lemon juice
                    1/2cup sev
                    2tbsp chopped coriander leaves
                    salt to taste

Method: 1)arrange papdis on a plate. Top these papdis with potatoes and onions.
               2)add 1/2tsp of garlic chutney and 2tsp of green chutney and sweet chutney on each of these
                  papdis.
               3)sprinkle with chaat masala, lemon juice and salt on top.
               4)garnish with sev and coriander leaves.
               5)serve immediately.

See also: Vada pav
               Masala toast sandwich/Potato sandwich
               Palak pakora
               Potato rolls