Dal Bhari Puri

Dal Bhari Puri

Ingredients

For filling

Gram pulse (chana daal) 1 cup
Brown Cardamom (badi elaichi) 2
Cinnamon (dalchini) 1” piece
Cumin seed ( jeera) 1 tea spoon
Red chilli powder (lal miirch) 1 tea spoon
Turmeric powder (haldi) ½ tea spoon
Asafoetida (hing) a pinch
Salt (namak) to taste
Oil 2 table spoon

For dough

Wheat flour 2 cup
Clarified butter (ghee) 1 table spoon
Salt (namak) to taste

Instructions

  1. Take wheat flour, clarified butter and salt in a bowl.
  2. Mix it and rub the flour to get oil and salt mixed well.
  3. Then add water little by little, knead and make soft dough.

For Stuffing

  • 1. Soak the lentil for 3-4 hours.
  • 2. Take the lentil in cooker, add little water and cook it for 1 whistle and put the flame off.
  • 3. Lentil should be cooked, but not mashed up. Drain off water (if any).
  • 4. Heat 2 table spoon oil in a pan, add cinnamon, cardamom, cumin seed, and Asafoetida and stir it for a minute.
  • 5. Now add boiled lentil, salt, turmeric and chilli powder and let it cook for 5-7 minutes and remove it from flame.
  • 6. Let it cool completely and mash it properly with hand.

To Proceed

  • 1. Make a round flat roti from the whole wheat kneaded dough.
  • 2. Stuff the above mixture in it.
  • 3. Roll it into a size of normal roti and cook it on a hot griddle.
  • 4. Roast with at least 2 teaspoons of clarified butter on both the sides.
  • 5. Serve hot with aalo ki sabzi and kheer.

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