Halwai February 21, 2024

Ingredients:

• 1 cup canned Bake beans
• 2 Tomatoes
• 1 onion, shredded fine
• 1 capsicum, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup cheese
• 1 cup Mexican hot sauce
• 1 tbsp. Butter or oil.
• For rolls: 1 cup Maize flour
• 1 cup plain flour
• Salt to taste
• Oil to deep fry

Method:

  1. To make rolls:
  2. Mix both flours and salt.
  3. Knead to a pliable dough.
  4. Cover and keep for 10 minutes.
  5. Roll into thin chapatis, 4 wide.
  6. Prick all over with a fork.
  7. Keep on a clean kitchen cloth to air out a bit.
  8. Heat oil for deep frying.
  9. Let in one chapati at a time, for a few seconds.
  10. Remove with tongs, roll over rolling pin, to form a cylinder.
  11. Press edges together gently with a pin, to hold together.
  12. When cooled, slide it out carefully.
  13. It should be a pleasant yellow tortilla colour.
  14. To make the gravy:
  15. Heat oil in a pan. Add onions, stir fry till tender.
  16. Add capsicum and further fry for 2-3 minutes.
  17. Add tomatoes and simmer for 5 minutes.
  18. Add hot sauce.
  19. Add salt to taste.
  20. To serve:
  21. Spread some hot sauce on the surface of the roll.
  22. Place some Bake beans along its length.
  23. Roll and place in an oven-proof casserole.
  24. Pour the prepared gravy over them.
  25. Sprinkle cheese and bake in hot oven till sauce sizzles.
  26. Serve hot.

Recipe courtesy of Saroj Kering