For cooking chickpeas ▢ 1 cup (172 grams) black chickpeas (kala chana or desi chana or whole bengal gram or kadala) ▢ 2 cups water – for soaking black chickpeas ▢ 2.5 cups water – for pressure cooking For kerala garam masala ▢ ½ teaspoon fennel seeds ▢ 2 to 3 thin strands of mace ▢ 1 inch cinnamon ▢ 3 cloves ▢ 3 pinches grated nutmeg or ground nutmeg powder For coconut paste ▢ ½ cup fresh grated coconut – tightly packed ▢ ¼ to ⅓ cup water – for grinding or blending coconut Ot
For Bathura: All Purpose Flour - 2 cup Mashed Potato - 1 cup Rawa - 2 tbsp. Yeast - 1 tsp Sugar - 1 tsp Baking Powder - 1 tsp Salt Oil - 1 tbsp. Curd - 2 tbsp. Egg - 1 Milk In a food processor add the AP Flour along with mashed Potatoes, Rawa, Yeast, Sugar, Baking Powder, Salt, Oil, Curd and Egg. Run the food processor for 30 sec until the ingredients are mixed through and become crumbled. Adding little Milk at a time, run the food processor to knead the Dough to a smooth a
¾ cup white chickpeas (garbanzo beans or safed chana or kabuli chana or chole) 1 cup heaped basmati rice, 200 grams rice 1 medium to large onion, sliced thinly 1 medium tomato, chopped ¼ teaspoon Red Chili Powder 1 pinch Garam Masala 1 pinch turmeric powder (ground turmeric) 1 pinch saffron strands – optional, ½ teaspoon lemon or lime juice or 1 teaspoon yogurt (curd) 2 tablespoon Ghee or oil 1.75 cups water for pressure cooking the rice a few chopped mint leaves for garnish