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    Home » Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner Recipes » Stuffed Chana Puffs | Calzone with Indian Style Chole Filling

    Stuffed Chana Puffs | Calzone with Indian Style Chole Filling

    Published: Nov 11, 2012 · Modified: Oct 5, 2020 by Srivalli · 12 Comments

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    For the second day of cooking with Chickpea, I made these stuffed chana puffs. These make a great evening snack. You can make the channa much ahead and knead the dough in the morning. All you need is these things ready for you make a delicious evening snack.
    The puffs don't stay very crispy for long, so it's best to serve them right away. And these are not your regular puffs, in terms of having so many layers. But the layer is crispy and tastes great with chole.
    I have been cooking with Kabuli channa so much that everybody at home are puzzled! No wonder, then ended up tasting different recipes.

    These can also be called Calzone with Indian Style Chana filling. The dough is very much the pizza dough and can be made this way.

    Stuffed Chole Puffs
    Ingredients Needs:
    For the puff dough
    Maida / All purpose flour - 1 cup
    Dry Yeast -1  tsp
    Sugar - 1/2 tsp
    Salt to taste
    Ghee/ Butter as required to grease
    For the chole
    Kabuli Chana - 1 cup
    Cloves - 2
    Cinnamon - 1"
    Bay leaf - 1
    Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
    Onions - 1 medium
    Tomatoes - 1 medium
    Ginger - 1"
    Garlic - 3 cloves
    Green chilies -2 long
    Pomagrante Seeds 1 tsp
    Tumeric powder a pinch
    Chole Masala - 1 tsp
    Coriander - Cumin powder - 1 tsp
    Oil - 2 tbsp
    Salt to taste
    How to make the Puffs
    For the puff dough
    In a lukewarm milk, mix in the yeast and sugar. Cover with lid. Once the yeast dissolves, mix this to the flour and knead to a soft dough. Add 1 tsp ghee and knead well.
    Cover with a wet muslin cloth and keep it aside. Divide into equal parts and roll out into small circles.
    For the chole
    Wash and soak the Kabuli channa overnight. Change water couple of times, in a pressure cooker take the chana and cook till soft.
    Heat the oil in a non stick pan, add the cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, cumin seeds and onions and fry until the onions are light brown in colour.
    Add the garlic paste, ginger, green chillies, tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes. Add salt and cook till the tomatoes are soft.
    Add the pomegranate seed powder, turmeric powder, chana masala, coriander-cumin seed powder, cook for 2 minutes.
    Add the Kabuli chana and cook for 5 minutes. Mash some slightly while cooking.
    How to proceed to make the puffs
    Arrange the puffs on a large greased baking tray leaving a little room between each puff.
    Place 1 tablespoon of chole in center of each puff and cover from one side. Press very well.
    Leave the tray in a closed cupboard for 20 minutes.
    Preheat the oven at 185 Deg C. Then bake these puffs for 10 mins. Then reduce the temp to 150 deg C and bake for 5 more mins.
    Serve onion rings
    Notes:
    This can be cooked on a tawa with ghee also

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    Stuffed Chana Puffs | Calzone with Indian Style Chole Filling

    Author Srivalli
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    1. Prabha Mani says

      November 11, 2012 at 2:47 pm

      That's a tasty stuffing.. Never taste Calzone..

      Reply
    2. Kitchen Queen says

      November 11, 2012 at 2:54 pm

      Nice twist to calzone.
      http://realhomecookedfood.blogspot.com

      Reply
    3. The Pumpkin Farm says

      November 11, 2012 at 3:43 pm

      wow Valli, i was planning to try calzone for a long time, looks lovely

      Reply
    4. Gajus kitchen says

      November 11, 2012 at 3:52 pm

      calzone with chole filling looks yummy and am sure it serves as a great tea time snack.

      Reply
    5. divya says

      November 11, 2012 at 6:06 pm

      yummy....

      Reply
    6. Nivedhanams Sowmya says

      November 12, 2012 at 2:26 am

      love calzones!!! so versatile and delicious!!! i think them as tawa done or oven done samosas!!! nicely done valli!!

      Reply
    7. Priya says

      November 11, 2012 at 9:15 pm

      Delicious stuffing, calzone looks prefect and will definitely satisfy my tastebuds.

      Reply
    8. Jayanthi says

      November 12, 2012 at 5:23 pm

      Calzones look awesome. I need to try adding pomegranate seeds for chole next time. Thanks for adding my calzone link Valli.

      Reply
    9. Chef Mireille says

      November 13, 2012 at 4:59 pm

      like your calzone version!

      Reply
    10. Pavani says

      November 13, 2012 at 11:41 pm

      Indianized Italian treat.. looks delicious.

      Reply
    11. sushma says

      November 17, 2012 at 4:44 am

      NIce dish Valli. Calzone's look great

      Reply
    12. PJ says

      November 17, 2012 at 12:38 pm

      The stuffing sounds delicious.Nice Indian twist 🙂

      Reply

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