Puri with chana dal

Name: Puri with chana dal
Yield: Serves 3 servin
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For chana dal; 1 cup chana dal; 1 tbsp chopped coconut; 1 heaped tbsp grated coconut; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1/4 th tsp turmeric; 1 bay leaf; To taste salt and sugar; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1/4 th tsp hing; 1 tbsp raisins; 1/2 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tbsp ghee; 1 dry red chilli; 2 cups water approximately; For puri :; 1 cup all purpose flour; 1/4 th cup whole wheat flour; Pinch salt; Pinch sugar; 1 cup refined oil; 1/2 cup water approximately

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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This is a traditional Bengali breakfast item .Puri with cholar(chana) dal is a mouthwatering recipe and a very common item to be seen in Sunday breakfast .

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

#risenshine
This is a traditional Bengali breakfast item .Puri with cholar(chana) dal is a mouthwatering recipe and a very common item to be seen in Sunday breakfast .

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Ingredients

Serves 3 servin

For chana dal
1 cupchana dal
1 tbspchopped coconut
1heaped tbsp grated coconut
1 tspginger paste
1/4th tsp turmeric
1bay leaf
To tastesalt and sugar
1/2 tspcumin seeds
1/4th tsp hing
1 tbspraisins
1/2 tbspmustard oil
1 tbspghee
1dry red chilli
2 cupswater approximately
For puri :
1 cupall purpose flour
1/4th cup whole wheat flour
Pinchsalt
Pinchsugar
1 cuprefined oil
1/2 cupwater approximately

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Steps

1

Soak chana dal for an hour.Pressure cook dal with little salt,turmeric,1 cup water and 1 bay leaf upto 4-5 whistles.Set aside for pressure to release.Check whether dal is just cooked and not mushy.Heat mustard oil in a wok.Sprinkle cumin seeds,hing and 1 broken dry red chilli. When they start spluttering, add chopped coconut and fry golden brown.Add this to the dal.Also add scraped coconut and ginger paste.
2

Mash little dal with a masher or back of a ladle. Add water and boil till the gravy is little thick.Sprinkle garam masala and ghee and serve hot with puris. Raisins may be added for garnishing.Bengali cholar (chana) dal is slightly sweet in taste.
3

For Puri : Mix all purpose flour(maida) and wheat flour(atta).Sprinkle pinch of salt and 1 tbsp refined oil.Add water and knead to a stiff dough.
4

Make small balls out of the dough.Roll out thin puris. Heat oil in a wok smoking hot.Fry puris till they puff up.Reduce flame if the oil is too hot.