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Dal Paratha
Soft paratha stuffed with moong dal
Prep Time
1
hour
hr
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Total Time
40
minutes
mins
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Indian
Servings:
2
people
Ingredients
1
cup
Wheat flour
2
tsp
Oil
Salt
To Taste
For the filling
1/2
cup
Yellow moong dal
uncooked/raw
1/2
tsp
Cumin seeds
1
pinch
Turmeric powder
1
pinch
Asafoetida
1/2
tsp
Red chilli powder
2
tsp
Oil
Salt
To Taste
Oil
As needed
Instructions
Sieve the wheat flour and knead to a soft dough by adding enough water. Keep aside.
Soak moong dal for one hour. Wash and drain all the water.
Cook the moong dal in 1 cup of water.
Heat oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds, asafoetida. Fry till they pop up. Add the cooked dal, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and mix well.
Cook until the dal mixture is dry. Let it cool.
Take some portion of dough , make a small puri. Put some moong dal stuffing in center. Close from all sides and roll again into thick, round paratha.
Heat a tawa ( griddle), put the daal ka paratha and cook on both sides by adding some oil.
Serve dal paratha hot with curry.