Chana Batura

                                                       Batura

Ingredients

• All Purpose Flour - 2 cup
• Rava/sooji - 2 tbsp
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 2 tsp
• Curd - 4 tbsp
• Oil  - 2 tsp
• Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
• Milk-1/4 cup
• Water

Method

1. Sieve maida, salt, sugar rava and baking powder well.
2. Add  oil, curd, milk and mix well.
3. Add warm water  as needed to make a smooth  tough dough.
4. Keep aside for minimum of 2 hrs.
5. Roll as chapati by dusting little flour
6. In a heated pan add oil
7. Slide the rolled bature to hot oil
8. Press gently so that it gets puffed up well
9. When one side  turns brown flip other side and take out when both sides are brown
10. Serve hot with chole masala or any veg or non veg curry

Notes

1. Adding rava/sooji makes the batura crispy.
2. The oil should be hot enough before you add batura else it wont puff up.
3. Gently press the batura after putting in oil for easy puffing.
4. Adding milk instead of water results in making soft batura.

                                              Chana Masala

Ingredients

• Chana/ Chickpeas -1 cup
• Onion - 1 big or 2 small (chopped)
• Tomato -1 (chopped)
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/2 tsp
• Green chilli  - 2
• Cumin (Jeera) - 1 pinch
• Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
• Kashmiri Chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Coriander Powder -1.5 tbsp
• Pav bhaji Masala - 1  tsp
• Garam Masala powder - 1/4 tsp
• Coriander Leaves - few Chopped
• Kasoori Methi - 1 tsp
• bay leaf 1
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 3 tbsp
• Water -as needed

Method

1. Soak chickpeas overnight.
2. Cook soaked chickpeas with salt, turmeric powder and chilli powder adding 1.5 cup water until done.
3. In a  heated pan add oil .Splutter jeera,bayleaves.
4. Add chopped onion , green chilli and saute till it becomes translucent.
5. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 mins.
6. Add all curry powders and saute till raw smell disappears.
7. Add chopped tomato and saute till it becomes mushy.
8. Add cooked chana and rest of water .close and cook for 5 mins.
9. Take 1 tbsp chana and put in a mixer and add to the gravy.It will help to thicken the gravy.
10. Add kasoori methi and chopped coriander leaves.
11. Switch off and add lemon juice.
12. Garnish with chopped onions and coriander leaves.
13. Serve hot with batura or chapati.