Ingredients:

• 12 slices – bread
• 1 cup – Maida
• 1 pinch – food colour
• 2 tbsp – oil
• 1 cup – black gram (soaked overnight)
• 250 g – boiled Potatoes (peeled & mashed)
• Green chillies (chopped)
• 1/2 cup – green coriander (chopped)
• 1 – Cinnamon stick
• 4-5 – Cloves
• 4 – small Cardamom
• 2 – big Cardamom
• 2 – Onions (chopped)
• 2 tbsp – Jeera
• 2 tbsp – salt
• 1 tbsp – Red Chilli powder
• 2 tbsp – Jeera powder
• 2 tbsp – dried Mango powder
• 2 tbsp – chaat masala
• 2 tbsp – Garlic & Ginger paste
• add Ginger Garlic paste
• 1 tsp – Garam Masala for sprinkling in layers

Method:

1. Boil the black gram with salt till tender and mix it with boiled potatoes.
2. Add all ingredients (except whole spices, bread and maida paste).
3. Crush all the whole spices.
4. Take oil in a vessel, put all crushed spices, then add chopped onion, and fry it till golden brown
5. Add ginger garlic paste, add potato-channa mixture in it and mix well.
6. Shape the dough with the help of palm like an oval leg piece.
7. Soak the bread in the water, squeeze it and covered the piece with it.
8. Arrange the piece of bread like (L) shape in the bottom of this piece like a leg piece
9. Hold it very carefully & coat it in maida mixture (add maida water and colour to make the batter without lumps).
10. Deep fry it till golden brown.
11. Serve it with green chutney, lemon pieces and onions.

Recipe courtesy of Alka Tihari