MOONG DAL BHARI KACHODI

INGREDIENTS

½ cup moong dal

2 cup wheat flour

½ cup milk

½ tsp turmeric powder, ½ red chilly powder

½ tsp garam masala powder

A pinch of hing, ½ tsp crushed black pepper corns

¼ cup coriander leaves finely chopped

1 tbsp desi ghee, 1 cup refined oil

1 tsp lemon juice

Salt to taste

PREPARATION AND METHOD

1 Soak the dal in water for about 1hr, heat a pan, add desi ghee and sauté the dal, add crushed black pepper corns and salt to taste, add water and cook till dal is tender, softened and done

2 Blend the dal in a mixer and make thick paste of it, add hing, lemon juice, mix well and keep aside

3 Knead flour in milk, add salt to taste and make dough of it, keep aside for 45 minutes, make small ball of dough, and keep aside

4 Add all the ingredients to the blended dal and mix thoroughly; this is the mixture for stuffing

5 Roll the small ball in to circular roti; brush it with ghee on top,

Place about 2 tbsp stuffing mixture in the center and close the ends of the roti and seal it from all ends nicely so that stuffing doesn’t come out while rolling

4 Now roll and make about 2’ to 3” round shaped kachodi of the stuffed ball, heat oil in a kadahi, gently slide this kachodi and deep fry, repeat this procedure with all the balls,

5 Serve hot with any vegetable sabji, salads and curds.