Channa Bhatura Recipe
Ingredients
For channa:-Kabuli channa soaked over night (1c), crushed garlic (1tsp), grated ginger (1tsp), oil (2tbsp), ghee (1tbsp), green chillies slit (4), bay leaves (2), extracted lemon juice (1), chopped coriander (1 ½ tbsp), tomato (1large), onion (2large),cumin seeds (1tsp), sugar (1tsp) and tea leaves (1tsp tied into a pouch in a small piece of clean muslin cloth)
For dry masala:-Gram masala, pepper powder each (1/4tsp), red chilli powder (1tsp), cinnamon, clove and turmeric powder each (1/2tsp) and salt to taste
For Bhatura:-Plain flour (2c), curd (2tbsp), soda bicarb (1/2tsp), butter or oil (2tbsp), milk to knead, salt to taste and oil to deep fry.
Method of preparation:-
For channa:- Put the washed and soaked channa in pressure cooker with enough water, tea pouch and bay leaves. Place it over heat and cook it for 6-7 whistles. Cool about 5 tablespoons of channa for grinding. Take a mixie, put ½ tomato, 1 onion,1/2tbsp of coriander and cooled channa in it to blend them. Now chop fine the remaining tomatoes and onions. Take a large frying pan, heat oil in it. Add cumin seeds and garlic and ginger then fry for a minute. Add chopped tomatoes and onions, fry them until gets tender. Add channa paste further fry for3-4 minutes. Now add all the dry masala except cinnamon-clove powder. Fry all these until the oil gets separates. Add drained channas in the frying pan with 2 cups of water which was drained from channas. Simmer it for7-8 minutes until the gravy gets thicken. Take a small saucepan, heat ghee in it then add chillies and cinnamon-clove powder. Add chopped coriander and pour hot over the channas. Stir in seasoning gently and squeeze a lemon over channa.
Method for bhatura:- Take a large bowl, sieve flour, salt and soda in it. Add curd and oil in it. Now add enough milk to knead it to soft dough. Cover it with a clean and wet cloth and then keep it aside for 5-6 hours. Now again knead it. Take a fistful of dough and roll it into round shape. Fry it in hot oil until it gets light golden in color. Make more in the same way. Serve it hot with hot channa and slices of lemon and onion.
Number of servings – 5
Making time – 30 minutes (excluding pressure cooking)
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