Chana dal baskets

Name: Chana dal baskets
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup chana dal; 1/2 cup methi leaves; 1 tbsp ginger paste; 2 green chilies; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp Carrom seeds

Shilpa Gupta @cook_12435534

Snack masti with health of steamed lentils and taste of chatpata filling.

Shilpa Gupta @cook_12435534

Snack masti with health of steamed lentils and taste of chatpata filling.

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Ingredients

10 minutes

8 servings

1 cupchana dal
1/2 cupmethi leaves
1 tbspginger paste
2green chilies
1 tspsalt
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp Carrom seeds

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Soak chana dal for 4 hours.
2

Drain and grind coarsely without water.
3

Add chopped methi leaves, ginger paste, chopped green chilies, salt, red chilli powder and carrom seeds. Mix well.
4

Dal should be thick paste, if it is some how watery add 1-2 tbsp samolina.
5

Take small muffin moulds. Grease them and line them with prepared dal mixture. Idli moulds can also be used. Just spread the mixture in shape of a katori or basket.
6

Steam these moulds for 10-12 minutes.
7

Cool and demould.
8

Fill these steamed baskets with masala corns/tangy sprout salad /Chatpata matar paneer salad etc.. Serve.
9

If you like crisp baskets then after steaming these baskets can be deep fried or even air fried.