Dal Puri
Stuffed Flatbread
Recipe by juneita nath shivshankar of
A favorite regional dish made with bengal gram
Ingredients
vegetarian
4 servings
- 2 cups chana dal (bengal gram)
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- 4 cups flour
- Ghee or Oil
- 2 roasted cumin seeds powder
Directions
- Wash dal and boil with turmeric and salt till its soft (but not mushy) in just enough water (2 cups) so that water gets absorbed when its done.
- While boiling, kneed flour with water to a dough.
- Strain and grind dal to a fine paste, add cumin powder. Adjust salt to taste.
- Divide dal paste into equal portions for paranthas.
- Take dough ball, make a depression and add the dal paste. Seal.
- Roll out to a thin paratha and cook on a high flame for a few minutes (dont overcook or they will be hard)
- Just flip from one side to the other
- Serve with chutney