Chana Dal Paratha

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 kg whole-wheat flour
• 1 table spoon salt
• 200 grams ghee
• 250 grams chana dal
• 1 table spoon chopped green chills
• Salt to taste
• 2 table spoon chopped coriander leaves
• 1 small chopped onion
• 2 table spoon chopped fresh ginger 

 

Method:

Sift the flour; add salt and 1 table spoon ghee.  Rub the ingredients between the palms to mix them thoroughly.  Pour a little water at a time and knead to soft but not too soft dough.  Take a small portion of the dough roll out into a chapati and smear with ghee.  Fold up again into a round ball and roll out once more.  Put one parathas at a time on a heavy and hot griddle, bake one side and turn over.  Add a little ghee from the sides till it gets a nice brown color.  Cook on a low fire and when ready.  It should be crisp.  Similarly, make more parathas.  And then.       

Pick, wash and soak chana Dal for 15 minutes.  Boil water, add chana Dal and salt and cook until tender and each grain is separate.  Strain to remove extra water.  Cool and mix with all the above ingredients.  Fill in the parathas (The Dal water may be used to prepare the dough.)   
                                                                                                              Serves 6.