Last three weekends i.e: Saturday and Sundays have been visiting the near by North Indian Eating Joint and eating the ever so yummy, delicious, supercilious, yummylicious CHOLEY Bhatoore or kulche. Bhatura is one of the awesome bread in Indian Continent. It is Loud, Theeka (spicy), Big, Happy like the Punjabis :)
My First stint with Choley Kulche or Bhatura was when I was 6/7 years old and it costed merely 2-3 Rupees !!
CK /CB was first introduced in Punjab.
- Choley ( chickepeas) are soaked overnight in some salt and boiled in the morning. A thick gravy is made of onions and tomatoes, chilly, ginger, salt, garam masala and Choleys are added to it and cooked in pressure cooker. Once cooked it is served with raw cut onions, dhaniya and green chilly.
- Kuclha again is a flat bread /Naan is made of maida flour. It is extremely popular in India and Pakistan esp. Punjab areas. ANyways round balls are made from the kneaded flour and flattened by Belana and each baked usually in clay oven ( substitute is tandoor) and baked until golden brown. It is then served with white makhan(butter) or normal butter.. Sometimes Kulcha can be stuffed with potatoes/onions/ Methi.
- Bhatura is again made from Maida Flour ( but curd/yeast depends are added) , just like Kulcha -small round balls are made and flattened but instead they are deep fried unless light golden and seem chewable.
Another way of eating is by taking two small kulchas and stuffing choley/channas (like a burger) ...YUM YUM YUM.
These are mainly eaten are breakfast along with lassi ( either sweet or salt )... YUM TUM YUM
Recommendations :-
- Local Street Vendors especially in North India any-state, wont cost more than 20 rupees
- Old delhi and Nizam-ud-din areas in Delhi serve excellent Choley Bhature
- Amritsari- Naan, Kulche, BHature are famous, any eating joint is recommended
- Around Golden temple- in Amritsar there is small shop which serves amazing Choley Kulche eg: bharwan da dhaba
- Local Shops in Karol Bagh in Delhi
- Paranthe wali gali in Chandini Chowk, Delhi, Red Fort in Delhi, Sarojini Nagar ,Lajpat Nagar
- Once met a girl on the border of Indo-Pak during a brief chit chat got to know Lahore has famous spots for CHoley Kulche/Naan
- West Delhi- Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar has variations of Choley Kulche/Naan
- Ghats of Ganga at Haridwar/ And Civil Lines at Roorkee
- On the way from Delhi to Punjab- the highways-
- Surprisingly Wolvehampton, UK and Dudley street also has nice Choley Bhatur
- Parts of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Pali in Rajasthan
Enjoy the THEEKA- CHATKARa Choley Bhatoora ....
