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Poush sankranti

Moog Dal er Pitha (Moong Dal dumplings)

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
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 5
Author indrani

Ingredients

Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 cup Moong dal
  • 1/2 cup rice flour
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 200 gms mawa
  • 1 cup sugar for the syrup

Instructions

The casing

  1. Roast moong dal till it becomes light brown in color and leaves a beautiful aroma
  2. Wash the lentils and boil with just enough water to soak the dal.
  3. When the lentils have become tender mix rice flour and mash with your palms.
  4. Knead well to form a soft dough.

The filling

  1. Stir coconut sugar and milk together in the pan till the sugar melts.
  2. Add mawa and cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
  3. Make small spindles out of the filling and keep aside.

Assembling

  1. Heat mustard oil till it reaches smoking point.
  2. check first adding a small ball in the mustard oil to see whether it holds or not.
  3. If it disintegrates add some more rice flour to the dough and  knead again.
  4. Make small discs out of the dough .
  5. Place a filling inside and wrap the dough to cover it completely giving it an oval shape.
  6. dip your finger in water and smooth en the covering  filling the cracks.
  7. Make a oval shaped  dumpling.
  8. Fry this dumpling in mustard oil on medium flame , till it is cooked completely crispy.

Sugar syrup

  1. Boil sugar and water together till it forms a thick syrup of one string consistency.
  2. Dip these dumplings in sugar syrup and serve hot.

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