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Punjabi Food Recipes 2024 - Recipe Of Making Chole Bhature Step-By-Step

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25-Jan-2024

Recipe Of Making Chole Bhature - Popular North Indian food Chole Bhature is made up of deep-fried leavened bread (Bhature) with a fiery stew of chickpeas (Chole). Especially in Punjab, every person loves to eat Choley Bhature. People don’t miss adding this delicious food to any occasion, weekend dinner or lunch meal. This meal is full of flavour and substantial enough to serve as a main course or a snack. In Punjab, India, chole bhature is a common street meal that is also rather simple to prepare at home.

In this guide, we are going to share a Recipe of Making Chole Bhature Step By Step. This helps you to make delicious food at your home in a simple manner and believe us the experience is remarkable when people give you an appreciation for making this delicious food. So why are we waiting, let’s dive into the main section. 

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Recipe of Making Chole Bhature 2024 - Step-By-Step Guide

Making chole Bhature at home is quite easy, if you properly read a food blog like us, as we prepare a full proof plan, which helps you to make delicious Choley Bhature at home. With our secret recipe, you will also get the extra advantage of making it more delicious which normally is not possible.

Below is the detailed guide - 

Ingredients To Making 

Ingredients for Chole

Ingredients for Bhature


  • 1 cup of overnight-soaked dry chickpeas

  • One bay leaf

  • 1 pod of black cardamom

  • Two cardamoms in green

  • Four cloves

  • One-inch cinnamon stick

  • one sliced onion

  • two minced garlic cloves

  • 1 inch of grated ginger

  • One chopped green chili

  • One tsp cumin seeds

  • One tsp powdered coriander

  • Half a teaspoon of powdered turmeric

  • Half a teaspoon of powdered red chili

  • One tsp powdered garam masala

  • Add salt to taste.

  • Finely chopped cilantro as a garnish



  • Two cups of all-purpose flour

  • Half a cup of semolina

  • One spoonful of yogurt

  • One tsp baking soda

  • Half a teaspoon of salt

  • Cooking oil



Important Instructions For Chole:

1. After draining, give the chickpeas a thorough rinse.

2. Add the cloves, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, and bay leaf to the pressure cooker along with the chickpeas.

3. Fill the chickpeas with water until two inches are covered.

4. Once the pressure cooker is closed, cook the chickpeas over high heat for 20 minutes, or until they are soft.

5. After 10 minutes of allowing the pressure to dissipate naturally, physically remove the remaining pressure.

6. In a big pan, warm up the oil over medium heat.

7. Add the ginger, garlic, and onion and simmer for about 5 minutes, or until softened.

8. Add the red chili powder, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, coriander powder, green chili powder, and garam masala powder.

9. Cook, stirring regularly, for one minute.

10. To the pan, add the cooked chickpeas together with their cooking liquid.

11. Bring to a boil and cook until the gravy thickens about 10 minutes.

12. Add salt to taste and season.

13. Add some chopped cilantro as a garnish and serve hot.

Instructions for Bhature:

1. Mix the flour, yogurt, baking soda, semolina, and salt in a large basin.

2. Add water gradually, a bit at a time, until a soft dough forms.

3. Work the dough for five minutes, until it becomes elastic and smooth.

4. After covering the dough with a moist towel, allow it to rest for half an hour.

5. Separate the dough into balls of the same size.

6. Each ball should be rolled out into a thin circle on a surface dusted with flour.

7. In a big saucepan or deep fryer, heat the oil over medium heat.

8. The bhatura should be delicately put into the heated oil.

9. Fry until puffed up and golden brown, one to two minutes per side.

10. blot with paper towels.

Additional Tips Which helps You Make Chole Bhature Step By Step :

   - Add a chopped green chile to the gravy to increase the chole's spice level.

   - The chickpeas may be cooked in a saucepan on the stovetop for around an hour, or until they are soft, if you do not have a pressure cooker.

   - You may add one tablespoon of ghee to the dough for the bhaturas for a deeper taste.

Along with a side of chutney and onion rings, serve the hot cholay and bhature.

History of Chole Bhature

Chole bhature has a convoluted history that stretches back to the Mughal Empire. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, a large portion of the Indian subcontinent was governed by the Muslim Mughal dynasty. Their unique cuisine, inspired by ingredients from Central Asia, Turkey, and Persia, was carried with them.

The Mughals brought a variety of cuisines to India , including the fiery chickpea curry known as chana masala. With chickpeas, tomatoes, onions, and spices, this meal gained popularity fast across the subcontinent.

Deep-fried leavened bread is called bhatura, and it is the other ingredient in chole bhature. This bread, which has a fluffy texture, is created using flour, semolina, yogurt, and baking soda.

Types of Choley Bhature

There are a variety of Choley Bhature, which we mentioned below - 

   - Punjabi Chole Bhature

   - Amritsari Chole Bhature

   - Delhi Chole Bhature

   - Makhani Chole Bhature

   - Garlic Chole Bhature

   - Paneer Chole Bhature

   - Achari Chole Bhature

   - Tandoori Chole Bhature

   - Kulcha Chole

Enjoy your delicious Chole Bhature!

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