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Bhatura (also known as batoora, bhatoora, batura, or pathora) (Hindi: भटूरा, Punjabi: ਭਟੂਰਾ) is a fluffy deep-fried leavened sourdough bread originating from the Indian subcontinent. [1] It is commonly served as a midday meal or a breakfast dish in northern and eastern India. [1]
It is a combination of chana masala (spicy white chickpeas) and bhatura/puri, a deep-fried bread made from maida. [2] [3] [4] Chole bhature is often eaten as a breakfast dish, sometimes accompanied with lassi. It can also be street food or a complete meal and may be accompanied with onions, pickled carrots, green chutney or achaar. [5]
Kulcha is made from maida flour, water, a pinch of salt and a leavening agent (yeast, sourdough or old kulcha dough), mixed together by hand to make a soft dough. This dough is covered with a wet cloth and left to rest for an hour or so in a warm place. The result is a slight leavening of the dough but not much.
Along with chickpeas, the ingredients of chana masala typically include onion, chopped tomatoes, ghee, cumin, turmeric, coriander powder, garlic, chillies, ginger ...
In northern India, a dough of the main ingredient is prepared and flattened by rolling. Most Indian breads, such as roti, kulcha and chapati, are baked on tava, a griddle made from cast iron, steel or aluminum. Others such as puri and bhatura are deep-fried. The dough for these breads is usually made with less water in order to reduce the oil ...
In Afghanistan and northeastern Iran, these biscuits are called کلچهٔ خطائی kulcha-i khaṭāʾī in Persian (kulcha is a type of Afghan, Iranian and Indian bread similar to nān). [4] It is also a mispronunciation of نانِ کوتاہ naan-e-koṭah – shortbread where نان naan means Bread, and کوتاہ koṭah means short. [5]
Kalari, traditionally a Ramnagar, Udhampur cheese, [10] is an authentic Dogra cheese and often made part of various cheese-based cuisines, such as the "Kaladi Kulcha," which is a popular snack indigenous to Jammu region. [11] Kalari Kulcha is famous street food of and can be seen in the menu list of road side vendors and big shops.
The various names for the flatbread include puran puri (પુરણ પુરી) or vedmi (વેડમી)in Gujarati, bobbatlu or baksham or oliga in Telugu, Andhra Pradesh holige or obbattu in Kannada, puran poli (पुरणपोळी) in Marathi, payasaboli or simply boli (ബോളി) in Malayalam, Boli in Tamil, bhakshalu or pole or polae in Telugu, Telangana and ubbatti or simply ...