Halwai February 23, 2024

Ingredients:

• One a half cup – Chicken (boiled and shredded)
• 3 tbsp – besan/gram flour
• 1 cup – plain flour (Maida)
• 1 tsp – whole Coriander seeds
• 1 tsp – Cumin seeds
• One and a half tsp – Mustard Seeds
• One and a half tsp – Fennel seeds (Saunf)
• 8 to 10 black pepper whole
• oil as required

Method:

  1. Crush all the masala into a coarse powder.
  2. Heat 1 tbsp oil and fry masala.
  3. Add besan and cook till the raw smell of gram flour evaporates.
  4. Add shredded chicken and cook for a couple of minutes.
  5. Add a couple of spoons of water and make it a hard dough.
  6. Let it cool, then divide into 7-8 parts.
  7. Knead Maida with a tbsp of oil, salt and cumin seed powder.
  8. Divide them into table tennis size of balls.
  9. Take a dough ball, roll it into around four inch diameter roti.
  10. Put one of the chicken masala dough in the centre.
  11. Apply water to the sides of roti and gather roti from all the sides, so that the masala ball is covered completely with the Maida roti.
  12. Seal the ball and carefully remove the extra Maida.
  13. Flatten the Maida ball by hand. Be careful not to make hole in it.
  14. Deep fry on medium heat till it is golden brown from both sides. Serve hot with Pudina and Imli chutney.