Balfa with Dal

Title:
Balfa with Dal

Yield:
10 Servings

Categories:
Indian,
Bread,
Main
Dishes,
Vegan,
Anne's




Ingredients:




---------------------------------FOR
BAFLA---------------------------------


     2 c  Flour, whole wheat; 225 g


     4 tb Ghee; or oil


     1 ts -Salt


          -Water for kneading


          -Extra ghee or oil





----------------------------------FOR
DAL----------------------------------


   225 g  Mung beans, split; moong dal


 5 1/2 c  -Water; 1.25 l


     1 ts Tumeric powder


     2 ts -Salt


     1 ts Sugar


     2 md Onions; chopped


     2    Green chilies


     2    Bay leaves


     2    Cinnamon sticks; 2 inches


     3 tb Oil


     2 tb Coriander, fresh; cilantro


          -chopped





 Rajasthani bread


 


 Put split mung beans (moong dal) with water in a heavy pan over high heat.


 Add half of the chopped onion, salt, sugar, green chilies, bay leaves,


 cinnamon sticks. Sift flour with salt; rub in ghee or oil. Knead to a


 smooth dough. Divide the dough into 10 parts and shape them into round


 balls. Drop these balls in the boiling dal, reduce heat. Cook for 25


 minutes then remove the cooked flour balls one by one from the dal. Place


 the cooked flour flour balls in a greased baking dish. Bake in a preheat


 oven 375F (190 C/ gas mark 5) until the skin of the balls begins to crack


 and the colour turns light brown. Place them in a dish and press each of


 them in the centre with your thumb. Break lightly and put 1 or 2 tsp ghee


 in each bafla. Can be eaten without ghee too.


 


 Heat 3 Tbsp oil in a pan. Fry remaining half of onions until lightly


 broened. Pour cooked dal. Stir well. Let it boil 2-3 times. Remove from


 heat and sprinkle with chopped coriander. Serve baflas with dal.


 


 Note: Dal (beans) should be poured over the baflas, breaking them


 completely. Other vegetable dishes or chutney can be served with it also.


 


 SERVES: 10 SOURCE: _Rotis and Naans of India_ by Purobi Babbar, published


 in Bombay posted, not tested by Anne MacLellan


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini