Recipe: Delicious "Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal
"Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal.
You can cook "Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal using 13 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of "Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal
- It's 1 cup of chana dhal.
- You need 2 cups of plain flour.
- You need 1 cup of powdered milk.
- You need 1/2 cup of sugar.
- It's 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate soda.
- Prepare Pinch of yellow food colouring.
- It's 2 Tbs of ghee or butter.
- You need 1 tsp of ground cardamom.
- It's 1 Tbs of fennel seeds - coarsely ground.
- Prepare 2 Tbs of desiccated coconut.
- Prepare of Tepid water to make the dough.
- It's of Oil for deep frying.
- It's of Almond and raisins chopped - optional.
"Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal step by step
- 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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