Thursday 28 June 2012

DAL PATTI

INGREDIENTS

Wheat Flour, Jeera, Yellow Moong Dal Half Split, Haldi (Turmeric), Red Chillie Powder,Dhania Powder, Aamchur Powder (Dry Mango Powder) Oil, Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves and Salt to taste.

METHOD

For the dal mixture:

Soak the yellow moong dal for 5 mins.Boil the water and put the Yellow moong dal into it and add a pinch of turmeric powder to it and few drops of oil so that the dal doesnt stick to each other.Let the dal boil till it gets soft.It must not be completely soft like water only each grain must be soft and  then add salt according to your taste.Then drain out the whole water from the dal and keep the dal separetly in a plate.when it is hot add all the dried masalas like red chillie powder, Dhania powder, Aamchur powder and chopped coriander leaves and mix the mixture.

For the dough:

Take wheat flour in a bowl and add salt, Jeera and Few drops of oil to it and mix the flour with water and set aside for 2 mins.make small balls of the dough. Roll the ball into a medium size and in the middle stuff the dal mixture and roll again into chapathi size and see that the mixture doesnt come out of that chapathi.Heat the pan or tawa and cook the dal chapathi on both sides by putting 2 to 3 tbsp of oil.Delicious dal patti is ready to eat.


Place the dal mixture in the centre of the chapathi dough as shown in the below pic


Make a round ball of  the dough with the dal mixture inside as in the below pic





Roll the ball mixture of dough into a chapathi as shown in the below pic and cook on a tawa or pan

                       

                                              
                                                            Dal Patti pic below


Serve with curds or papad or pickle.