BHATURE RECIPE

About Bhature Recipe:

Bhature Recipe along with chole is a premium Punjabi cuisine served in most North Indian bhaba and restaurants. This exotic delicacy is high movement item and can be consumed by some food lovers any day or any time of the day. You can say that bhature is a large Poori served with chickpeas curry and is very popular throughout India. There are accompaniments of this delicacy in fresh sliced onions in rings, mango pickle and green chilli pickle.

BHATURE RECIPE served with chole or chana is a tempting and flavorful dish from Punjabi Cuisine. Spicy chickpeas curry served with fried Indian breads.

Ingredients:
2 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoon semolina
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon oil
½ teaspoon baking powder or
1 teaspoon Eno
½ cup curd
¾ cup warm water
Oil for deep frying

Method:
Take flour in a bowl.
Add semolina and salt. Mix well.
Add baking powder or Eno and mix well.
Add oil and rub well with the help of palms.
Add curd and knead the dough. Add warm water as required to make soft dough. It should leave a dent when pressing the dough with finger.
Knead and punch the dough for 4-5 minutes.
Grease the dough with oil.
Cover with moist cotton cloth and rest for 2 hours.
Divide the dough into 6 to 10 balls to make large to medium size Bhature respectively.
Make smooth balls using hands. Use a few drops of oil if needed.
Roll the dough into discs using rolling pin. Use a few drops of oil so that dough does not stick.
Roll dough into discs that are neither too thin nor too thick.
Try to place them side by side.
Method
Nicely heat oil in a deep frying pan. There should be sufficient oil for a puffed Bhatura to submerge fully in the oil.
Gently add one Bhatura disc to the oil.
Press with a strainer/skimmer with long holder to puff up.
As Bhatura starts to puff, put some oil over the Bhatura from the pan using strainer/skimmer, till Bhatura puffs completely.
Flip over and fry the Bhatura till golden brown from both sides.
Take out and drain excess oil by placing on a tissue paper.
Fry the rest of the discs in same way.
Serve Bhatura with Chole curry, cut onions and mango pickle.

Recipe Servings:  4
Prep Time:  2 hours 30 mins
Cook Time:  20 mins
Total Cook Time:  2 hr 50 mins
Difficulty Level:  Medium

About Bhature Recipe:
Bhature Chole is a premium Punjabi cuisine served in most North Indian bhaba and restaurants. This exotic delicacy is high movement item and can be consumed by some food lovers any day or any time of the day. You can say that bhature is a large Poori served with chickpeas curry and is very popular throughout India. There are accompaniments of this delicacy in fresh sliced onions in rings, mango pickle and green chilli pickle.

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