Dal puri has a very special place in our kitchen, making dal puri means there has to some auspicious day.these are specially made on NaagPanchami..or when one has newly wed bride in the house.As the name says dal puri but it’s not puri actually, they are stuffed paratha.. in some places in Uttar Pradesh parathas are also called puris..so dal puri.
Basically its chana dal stuffing with some spices added in it…sounds simple but tastes really amazing
Let’s get the recipe, the way I make
Ingredients
- 1 cup chana dal (soaked for 1 to 2 hours)
- 1 1/2 cup of wheat flour
- 3 to 4 green chillies
- 6 to 7 garlic clove
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 1/4 tablespoon methi dana
- 1 tablespoon jeera (cumin) dry roasted
- 1/2 tablespoon haldi powder
- pinch of hing
- Salt as per taste
- Oil for kneading dough and applying
- Water for kneading the dough and cooking dal
Method
- Make a soft dough of the flour by adding oil and salt and let it rest
- Dry roast methi and coriander seeds together and grind them
- Wash the soaked chana dal
- Place a pressure cooker on medium flame
- Pour in the oil ,when it is hot enough add the chana Dal and hing,saute
- Now add in garlic and green chillies
- Haldi powder and salt,water
- Close the cooker lid and take 3 to 4 whistle (this way differ with other cookers,just keep a check)
- Once the cooker has cooled down open the lid and blend the mixture to a paste
- Remove on plate add roasted jeera,coriander leaves with grinded methi and coriander seeds
Stuffing
Take small portion of dough ,roll and stuff the mixture
Roll it into flat disc rotis
Cook it on tawa both the sides by applying oil
Serve with Kheer or curd
Your Dal Puri is ready to eat
In our house its served with rice Kheer and Aloo ki sabzi
Purvanchal Tadka 
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