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Chole Bhature
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The Sunday morning ritual of Delhi. Queues form outside the best chole bhature shops from 7am.
Spiced chickpeas with fried bread — dark, intensely spiced chickpeas with a deeply complex sauce, served with huge puffy fried wheat bread. The Sunday breakfast of Delhi.
Prep
20 mins
Cook
45 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Calories
405 kcal
Serves
4
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used
Ingredients
400gdried chickpeas, soaked and cooked
2onions, diced
4tomatoes, blended
2 tspchana masala
1 tspamchur dry mango powder
1 tspblack cardamom
oilfor cooking
300gplain flour
50mlyogurt
oilfor frying bhature
Method
1
Fry onion until very dark. Add tomatoes and cook down. Add masalas and chickpeas.
2
Simmer 20 minutes until sauce is thick and dark.
3
Make bhature dough with flour and yogurt. Rest 30 minutes. Roll thick.
4
Deep-fry until puffed and golden.
Chef's Tip
The onion must be very dark — almost burnt. This gives chole its characteristic deep colour.
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