The dumpling is made of lentils mixed with rice flour, It can be served hot as a starter after deep frying in mustard oil or dipped in sugar syrup of one string consistency.
Course
Appetizer
Cuisine
Bengali, Indian
Keyword
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Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time45minutes
Total Time1hour15minutes
Servings5
Authorindrani
Ingredients
Recipe Ingredients
1cupMoong dal
1/2cuprice flour
1cupcoconut
1cupsugar
200gms mawa
1cupsugar for the syrup
Instructions
The casing
Roast moong dal till it becomes light brown in color and leaves a beautiful aroma
Wash the lentils and boil with just enough water to soak the dal.
When the lentils have become tender mix rice flour and mash with your palms.
Knead well to form a soft dough.
The filling
Stir coconut sugar and milk together in the pan till the sugar melts.
Add mawa and cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
Make small spindles out of the filling and keep aside.
Assembling
Heat mustard oil till it reaches smoking point.
check first adding a small ball in the mustard oil to see whether it holds or not.
If it disintegrates add some more rice flour to the dough and knead again.
Make small discs out of the dough .
Place a filling inside and wrap the dough to cover it completely giving it an oval shape.
dip your finger in water and smooth en the covering filling the cracks.
Make a oval shaped dumpling.
Fry this dumpling in mustard oil on medium flame , till it is cooked completely crispy.
Sugar syrup
Boil sugar and water together till it forms a thick syrup of one string consistency.