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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook "tekwa dal" - sweet puri filled with dhal using 13 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make "Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal:
- Take 1 cup chana dhal
- Take 2 cups plain flour
- Make ready 1 cup powdered milk
- Prepare 1/2 cup sugar
- Take 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
- Make ready Pinch yellow food colouring
- Make ready 2 Tbs ghee or butter
- Prepare 1 tsp ground cardamom
- Take 1 Tbs fennel seeds - coarsely ground
- Prepare 2 Tbs desiccated coconut
- Get Tepid water to make the dough
- Get Oil for deep frying
- Make ready Almond and raisins chopped - optional
Steps to make "Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal:
- Soak the dhal then boil until soft. I usually boil it in a pressure cooker, 2 whistles and turn the heat off.
- Drain the boiled dhal. Keep the water to make the flour dough.
- The dhal should be soft enough to be crushed between two fingers.
- Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- Place in a blender and grind the dhal to a soft texture.
- Place a little ghee in a pan, heat up then add the ground dhal. Heat it up few minutes only to remove extra moisture.
- Remove and leave to cool down.
- Meanwhile prepare the dough. In a mixing bowl add the flour, ghee, sugar, milk powder, bicarbonate soda and yellow food colouring.,
- Mix all until fully incorporated.
- Make a well in the centre start adding the warm tepid water gradually to form a fairly soft dough.
- Cover with clingfilm and leave the dough to rest for at least 30 minutes.
- Once the dhal has cool down, time to turn it into a sweet filling for the dough.
- Add in the fennel, cardamom, coconut, almond flakes, give all a good mix.
- Lastly add in 2 Tbs sugar.
- Divide dough into 10 equal sized portions, shape each into a cup shape before you start filling.
- Place 1 tablespoon of filling in each and pinch them closed. Keep on a lightly floured surface.
- Roll out into discs of about 10cm diameter. Be careful not to let the filling ooze when rolling.
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan and deep fry tekwa in moderately hot oil until golden brown.
- Drain well on absorbent paper and serve hot with a fresh cup of tea. Makes 10.
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