Ingredients

  • 2 cups wheat flour
  • 3 tablespoons pure ghee
  • salt
  • 12 teaspoon cayenne pepper, divided
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seed, ground,divided
  • 1 tablespoon cumin seed
  • 2 medium potatoes, boiled and mashed
  • green chili, to taste,chopped
  • 3 -5 fresh coriander leaves, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons oil
  • curry powder, to taste
  • 1 cup channa dal, cleaned and washed
  • 12 cup white Urad Dal, cleaned and washed
  • 2 medium tomatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 12 cup washed yellow moong dal
  • salt
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • green chili, chopped,to taste
  • 3 -5 fresh coriander leaves, chopped finely
  • lemon juice, to taste
  • 2 cups wheat flour
  • 2 tablespoons ghee
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • cardamom powder, to taste
  • pecan nuts or cashews, for garnishing

Method

  • For the stuffed potato balls: Take the wheat flour, ghee, salt, half of the cayenne pepper and half of the fennel powder in a bowl.
  • Add in water, mixing with your hands (grease palms with little oil to avoid the dough from sticking to your hand) to make a soft dough.
  • Keep aside.
  • Peel and dice the potatoes.
  • Then, boil and mash them.
  • Keep aside.
  • Heat oil in a wide pan or a skillet.
  • Add cumin seeds.
  • Allow to splutter.
  • Add the mashed potatoes, salt, remaining cayenne pepper, curry powder, the remaining fennel powder, chopped green chillies and corriander leaves.
  • Mix well.
  • Cook for 2-3 minutes.
  • Remove from flame.
  • Make small balls out of the wheat flour dough.
  • Make a well in the center.
  • Fill it with the above prepared potato filling.
  • Press it down into the ball.
  • Seal edges firmly.
  • Preheat your oven to 150C for 20 minutes.
  • Bake the stuffed potato balls for 30 minutes at 200C.
  • Now they are ready to serve.
  • In the meantime, boil the yellow and white lentils with turmeric powder.
  • Add tomatoes and cook till tender.
  • Add salt, chopped green chillies and corriander leaves.
  • Stir in lemon juice.
  • Remove from flame.
  • The yellow-white lentil soup is now ready.
  • Now prepare the choorma.
  • For this, take wheat flour and ghee in a bowl.
  • Grease your palms with a little ghee.
  • Knead the flour and ghee well to prepare a dough.
  • Now make big balls of the dough.
  • Lightly grease a tava (flat bottomed pan) with a little ghee/oil.
  • Make parathas out of the balls of dough with the help of a rolling pin on a board dusted with a little flour.
  • Put the paratha on the tava.
  • Cook till light brown specs appear on one side.
  • Flip, add a tsp.
  • of ghee/oil and cook till brown specs appear on this side as well.
  • Make sure the tava is kept on low flame.
  • Likewise, repeat for all the parathas.
  • Allow the parathas to cool.
  • Now crumble the parathas.
  • Grind the crumbled parathas, powdered sugar, green cardamom powder and ghee together in a mixie.
  • Garnish with pecans or cashewnuts (halved) and serve hot alongwith hot stuffed potato balls and hot yellow-white lentil soup.
  • Dip the stuffed potato balls in the lentil soup for added fun and taste!
  • Enjoy your special, awesome, tasty, splendid and ultra- memorable lunch!