Sunday Special !

Today what I had in lunch.....is what I really wanted to have for last 2 days.I finally gave up thinking of it in my brain and bring it out straight on to my plate......'Moong Ki daal ka cheela'

As I have mention this before on this blog that I love snacks n this what anyone can have in breakfast or evening 7 pm snack time.The best part of cooking is that, there nothing any hard n fast rule to cook any dish in a conventional way, you can add some twist, fusion to it at any step.

Moong ki daal ka cheela is very popular authentic north Indian snack....which is usually eaten with chutneys or raita.

Ingredients:

Split moong dal 500gms pre-soaked overnight in 2-3 glass of water.
1 spoon cumin seeds.
Pinch of Asafoetida/hing
Salt as per taste

For filling:

4 boiled potatos or you can take 250 gms of paneer.
1 spoon of finely chopped green chilies.
Half bowl of finely chopped coriander
Salt as per taste
Bowl of namkeen save or bhujia

Method: For chilla filling:

• Take a khadayi pan, heat it add 2 spoons of oil.
• Add mustard seeds,1spoon haldi, spoon of coriander powder and red chilli powder to it.
• Quickly add boiled potatoes slightly mashed in it.
• Saute it well, add salt as per taste.
• Add chopped coriander,green chilies and mix it well.

For Chilla/ pan-cakes

• Take overnight soaked moong dal in a grinder, drain excess of water.
• Add cumin seeds,salt,asafoetida in it and grind it finely.
• Take out the paste in a bowl and adjust the consistency by adding water, keep it medium like dosa.
• Heat the flate pan, grease it with some oil.
• Pour a ladle full of chilla paste over and spread it evenly.
• Let it roast properly, slightly golden brown then toss it to other side.
• Toss it again now, place a spoon full of filling over the chilla, sprinkle some namkeen save on top.
• Now fold the chilla from both side and it's ready to serve.

[Tips] In case you don't have overnight soaked dal then you can soak dal in slightly warm water or microwave it for 2-3 min and keep it for 1-2 hrs.