WEST INDIAN DISHES:DAAL PARATHA RECIPE

DAAL PARATHA RECIPE

Ingredients: 1 cup Wheat flour  2 tsp Oil  Salt To Taste  For the filling  1/2 cup Yellow moong dal  1/2 tsp Cumin seeds  1 pinch Turmeric powder 1 pinch Asafoetida  1/2 tsp Red chilli powder  2 tsp Oil  Salt To Taste  Oil As needed  

Preparation:

1. Sieve the wheat flour and knead to a soft dough by adding enough water. Keep aside. 
2. Soak moong dal for one hour. Wash and drain all the water. 
3. Cook the moong dal 1 cup of water. 
4. Heat oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds, asafoetida. Fry till they pop up. Add the cooked dal, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and mix well. 
5. Cook until the dal mixture is dry. Let it cool. 
6. Take some portion of dough , make a small puri. Put some moong dal stuffing in center. Close from all sides and roll again into thick, round paratha. 
7. Heat a tawa ( griddle), put the daal ka paratha and cook on both sides by adding some oil. 
8. Serve daal paratha hot with curry.