செவ்வாய், 1 நவம்பர், 2011

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Sweet bholi




 Ingredients:
Chana Dal -- 1 cup ( half cooked and water to be drained completely)
Jaggery -- 1 cup
Cardamom - 2 or 3
Grated coconut -- 1/2 cup
Maida -- 1 1/2 cup
Refined oil - 1 cup
Colour powder -- a little
Soda salt -- a pinch
Salt to taste
Ghee 


Method :

Chana Dal boiled, Jaggery, Grated coconut  and Cardamom are ground together and heated to form a thick paste.

In a big bowl add maida flour, salt, colour powder along with the oil.  
Make it into dough.  
The dough should be mixed well for smooth finish.
Add more oil and keep it aside for one hour.
Take little dough and flatten it with hand.   
Place a small ball of the stuffing in the flattened dough and close it completely. 
Then apply oil to the back side of a banana leaf.  
The closed side of the ball should rest on the oily side of banana leaf. 
Spread  the ball using hand moistened with oil.
On a preheated pan , place the flattened bholi.
Heat the bholi on the pan for few min. applying ghee on both sides of bholi.
Serve hot with ghee .