For The Puff Dough

500 gms plain flour (maida)

20 gms fresh yeast or 2 teaspoons

1 1/2 tsp sugar

25 gms ghee or

salt to taste

For The Chole

300 gms kabuli chana (white chick peas)

1/2 tsp baking powder

4 clove (laung / lavang)

2 small sticks cinnamon (dalchini)

4 bay leaf (tejpatta)

1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)

2 onion , finely chopped

7 garlic (lehsun) cloves , made into a paste

37 ginger (adrak) , finely chopped

3 chopped green chillies

2 tomato , finely chopped

2 tsp pomegranate seeds (anardana) , slightly roasted and powdered

1 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)

2 tsp chole masala

a pinch asafoetida (hing)

2 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder

2 tbsp oil

salt to taste

Other Ingredients

a little ghee for brushing or for frying