Dal Pakwan

Dal Pakwan

Ingredients for Dal

• Channa Dal - 200grms
• Green Chilli Chopped - 1 tsp.
• Ginger chopped - 1 tsp.
• Salt to taste
• Haldi (turmeric) Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red Chili powder - 1/2 tsp
• Dhania(dry coriander) Powder - 1tsp.
• Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
• Cooking oil - 2 tbsp.
• Water for Boiling the Dal - 500ml.

Method

Wash the dal and soak for10 -15 Minutes. Put the Soaked dal & water in cooker, add chopped green chilies & ginger, salt and huldi. Place the cooker on the Gas. when steam is prepared sim the gas and cook for 10 minutes. Keep the cooker aside. Mix the red chili powder, dhania power, garam masala, black paper powder properly. Open the lid of the cooker add half of the dry masala mixture and stir the dal properly to mix it. Shift the dal in the serving dish and spread the left out half the masala on the top of the dal. Heat the cooking oil in frying pan and spread over the dal. Garnish with fresh Green Dhania. serve hot with Pakwan.

Pakwan

Ingredients for Pakwan

• Maida (fine flour) - 250grms
• Salt to taste.
• Cooking oil - 4tbsps
• water
• Cooking oil for deep frying the Pakwan

Method
Mix the Maida, salt and oil properly. add water and make dough with medium consistency.(neither very hard nor very soft it should be bit harder than consistency required the chapattis or puries). Divide the dough in around 20 parts and give them the shape of small balls. Spread the balls with the help of Bellan till the diameter of 6-8 inches thin enough so that it may not raise like puri while frying. Heat the cooking oil in a karahi for deep frying, up to maximum temperature drop it in karahi. If it raises with steam like a puri, press it with the frying spoon so that it does not raise. Change the side and fry it is golden brown and crispy place it on the blotting paper so that it can soak the extra oil. Pakwan is ready to serve with Hot Channa Dal.