Ingredients:
• Oil for shallow frying
• For dough:
• 1 cup- Wheat flour
• 1 cup – plain flour
• 1 tbsp – Ghee
• Salt to taste
• Layer 1 filling:
• 2 – Carrots finely grated
• 1 tbsp – plain flour
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• Layer 2 filling:
• 1 cup – Paneer grated
• 1/2 tsp- Vinegar
• 1/2 tsp – white pepper powdered
• Salt to taste
• Layer 3 filling:
• 1/2 cup – spinach, chopped, washed, drained
• 1 – Potato boiled, mashed evenly
• 2 – Green chillies
• 1inch piece Ginger peeled, chopped
• Salt to taste
Method:
- For dough: Sieve both flours together in a large bowl. Add salt and ghee.
- Add enough water to make a pliable dough.
- Knead well till smooth and elastic. Cover, keep aside.
- For layer 1:
- Mix all ingredients well, keep aside.
- For layer 2:
- Mix all ingredients well, keep aside.
- For layer 3:
- Make sure all moisture from spinach has been patted dry.
- Put ginger, chillies in mixer, grind coarsely.
- Add spinach and run till coarsely ground.
- Remove and mix salt and mashed potato. Keep aside.
- To proceed:
- Divide dough into 8 portions.
- Roll each into a thin chapatti, gently roasting both sides on a griddle.
- Place one chapatti on a clean dry work surface.
- Spread half portion of green filling all over, leaving a 1/2 inch circumference.
- Place a chapatti over this filling, exactly in sync with the first one. Spread the white filling.
- Place another chapatti over white layer and spread carrot filling.
- Place a fourth chapatti, press edges of all four layers together.
- Repeat with remaining chapattis and fillings.
- Dust with dry flour, roast on a hot skillet till both sides are golden.
- Drizzle enough oil to roast both sides crisp and golden.
- Remove and cut neatly into quarters and serve immediately while hot.
- Each quarter will clearly show the bright colours of the tricolour on the cut sides.
Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi