Radhaballabhi / Radhaballavi (BENGALI STYLE STUFFED DAL POORI)

Deepsikha Chakraborty
Deepsikha Chakraborty @cook_14092070
Bangalore

#paratha Radhaballabhi or Radhaballavi is a utterly delicious deep fried puffy bread (similar to Luchi) stuffed with Kalai Dal (Bengali Urad Dal) and this tastes heavenly with Niramish Alur Dom or Chanar/Cholar Dal. And yes, when I say this is a vegetarian dish, what I mean is that this is an absolute Sattvic Aahar and contains no onion and garlic. Bengalis consider onion and garlic to be non-vegetarian ingredients. This is a super tasty Bengali breakfast.

Radhaballabhi / Radhaballavi (BENGALI STYLE STUFFED DAL POORI)

#paratha Radhaballabhi or Radhaballavi is a utterly delicious deep fried puffy bread (similar to Luchi) stuffed with Kalai Dal (Bengali Urad Dal) and this tastes heavenly with Niramish Alur Dom or Chanar/Cholar Dal. And yes, when I say this is a vegetarian dish, what I mean is that this is an absolute Sattvic Aahar and contains no onion and garlic. Bengalis consider onion and garlic to be non-vegetarian ingredients. This is a super tasty Bengali breakfast.

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Ingredients

1 hour
8 pieces
  1. 1 cupkalai dal (Bengali urad dal)
  2. As neededoil for deep frying
  3. For Dough:
  4. 2 cupmaida (all purpose flour)
  5. 1/3 portionkalai dal paste
  6. 1 tspfennel seed powder (crush seeds to make powder)
  7. 1/2 tspcumin seed powder (crush seeds to make powder)
  8. 1/2 tbspfinely grated ginger
  9. 3 pinchsalt
  10. 3 tbspghee or oil
  11. As neededlukewarm water
  12. For Stuffing:
  13. 2/3 portionkalai dal paste
  14. 1 tbspginger paste
  15. 1 tspgreen chilli paste
  16. 1 tspbhaja masla (dry roast cumin seed and dried red chilli and grind to fine powder)
  17. 1/2 tspfennel seed
  18. 1 tspsugar
  19. 2 tbsprefined oil
  20. As neededsalt

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    We will prepare the stuffing first and to do the same, heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan and temper with fennel seed, ginger paste and chilli paste. On a low flame, stir for around 40 seconds.

  2. 2

    Add kalai dal paste (soak overnight and next day make a paste of the dal), bhaja masla, sugar and salt and stir gently. Mix everything very well.

  3. 3

    Keep on stirring until the dal paste mixes well with other spices and the moisture evaporates. When the mixture will take a dough like shape in the pan, it is done.

  4. 4

    Remove the stuffing mixture from flame and let it cool down.

  5. 5

    Meanwhile, prepare the dough. In a large bowel, mix maida with salt and ghee (or oil). Mix oil and flour gently until it turns like bread crumbs.

  6. 6

    Now, add kalai dal paste, fennel seed powder, cumin seed powder and grated ginger and mix well. Start kneading and since the dal paste has moisture, you will not require additional water at the starting.

  7. 7

    Add required lukewarm water after sometime and knead to a soft dough. Let the dough rest for 30 minute.

  8. 8

    To prepare Radhaballabhi, cut standard sized balls from the dough. With the help of your fingers, press the balls to make bowl shapes.

  9. 9

    Now, stuff them with kalai dal stuffing and seal the edges to make round dumplings.

  10. 10

    Press the dumpling with your palm to flatten them.

  11. 11

    Rub the dumplings with little oil and roll out uniformly to flat round disc. The size should be approx 5″ in diameter.

  12. 12

    Heat sufficient oil in a deep bottom kadai and deep fry the discs one by one. With the spatula, press gently while frying to ensure the discs puff well.

  13. 13

    Remove one by one from the kadai and serve hot.

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