Bobbatlu

Ingredients:

1.Maida(all purpose flour)-1.5 cup

2.Chana dal-1cup

3.Sugar-1.5 cup(or jaggary 2cups)

4.Cardamon powder- apinch

5.Oil

Preperation method:

1.Take a bowl and mix maida,2tbsp of oil and a pinch of salt.

2.Add enough water to bowl to make soft dough.

3.Pour 3 tbsp of oil on the dough ( dont mix this oil with dough) and keep aside for 2 hour.

4.Wash and pressurecook the chana dal(dal should not be mashy after cooking).

5.Drain the extra water from cooked dal.

6.Now grind the cooked dal and sugar together.

7.Take a pan and heat 1tbsp of ghee and roast the the grinded dal and also mix cardamom powder .(stir continuously till grinded dal becomes thick).This is called poornam.

8.Prepare small balls with poornam.

9.Now take dough and make ball a little biggerthan poornam ball.

10.Take a polythene sheet and apply oil on it.

11.Place the dough ball on sheet and press it with fingers like small poori and place the poornam ball on it.

12.Now gently cover the poornam ball with dough edges and again make it as a ball and press it like poori.(Make sure that poornam should not come out).

13.Take a wide pan and heat it,and place the bobbatt on it.

14.Fry 2 sides of bobbatu by spreading a little oil on eithersides of bobbattu.

These bobbatlu can be served hot with butter on it or cool with hotmlik.