Ingredients:
• For the cover:
• 1 cup – Rice flour
• 1.25 cups – water
• A pinch of salt
• 1-2 tsp – vegetable oil or Ghee
• For the filling:
• 3/4 cup – whole black gram (white variety) (urad dal)
• 1-2 – Green chillies (or as per taste)
• 1 tsp – lime/lemon juice
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds
• A pinch of Asafoetida powder
• A few sprigs of Curry leaves and Cilantro
Method:
- Clean and soak the dal for at least 1 hour. Most of the water should have been absorbed and the dal will look plumped up and soft.
- Place the drained dal along with chillies and salt in a blender.
- Pulse a few times until it becomes coarsely ground.
- Do not add water until absolutely necessary.
- Now make small balls of the dough and place them in a steamer.
- Steam for 10-15 minutes.
- Let it cool for a few minutes, enough to let you handle it.
- Break the balls by crumbling them into coarse meal texture.
- In a skillet, heat 1 tsp of oil (or ghee) and add mustard seeds.
- When they start popping, add the curry leaves along with asafoetida.
- When the aroma starts wafting, add the coarse meal to the mix and give it a good toss until it all comes together.
- Add cilantro and lime juice and remove from heat.
- The dal mixture is already cooked. Just add more flavour by way of adding the tempering ingredients.
- While still hot, make it into small rounds.
- Meanwhile, mix all the ingredients for the cover and knead into a dough. (Prepare the cover when the filling is almost done. You don’t want the cover to become cold.)
- Make small balls, roll them out into small rotis, and place a small amount of filling in the middle.
- Bring one side of the cover over to the other end – like a semi-circle.
- Pinch the seams so that it covers the filling on all the sides.
- You can use it this way or draw little patterns with your fingers or press down with a fork.
- Repeat for the rest of the dough.
- Steam for 10-15 minutes until it slightly changes colour and becomes slightly translucent.
- Cool for a few minutes before removing from the steamer.
- Serve warm or hot.
- Recipe Courtesy: http://chefinyou.com/