
BOBBATLU

Student who is selected for the Chef of the day is Mr.Naveen (BCT&CA 3rd SEM) of Indian Institute Hotel Management and Culinary Arts for showcasing exemplary skills. He is very talented student, always striving to perfect the art of cooking.
INGREDIENTS
- 200 gms Chana dal
- 150 gms Jaggery
- 55 gms Ghee
- 8 gms Green cardamom powder
- 350 gms Refined flour
- 5 gms Salt as required
- 150 ml Butter
- water as required
METHOD
- 1. Wash the chana dal and then pressure cook until it is tender but not mushy.
- 2. While the dal is cooking, melt the butter in low flame, but do not brown it. Keep it aside.
- 3. In a bowl, add flour, salt, and melted butter. Mix well to get combined and gets to a crumbly
- texture.
- 4. Now add water little by little to get smooth and slight sticky dough.
- 5. Finally add the remaining butter and knead to get elastic dough. Keep it covered for 15 minutes.
- 6. Heat a deep pan, add Jaggery and melt it. To this, add ground dal and mix them well in low-
- medium flame until the jaggery melts and the mixture becomes wet.
- 7. Add the cardamom powder, mix well and turn off the flame. Let the stuffing cool down until you
- can handle it with hands. Then divide the mixture and make equal sized balls.
- 8. Take the dough, knead it slightly and divide it into equal sized balls. Size of the dough ball should
- be smaller than the prepared stuffing ball.
- 9. Now take a flat plate or butter paper/banana leaf/foil on a flat surface, grease with ghee or
- butter. Place one dough ball over it and just flatten it into a small circle using your fingers. Place
- one channa dal ball at the center and just cover the filling by pulling the dough over it. Remove if
- there is any extra dough. Now roll it in between your palms to form a ball.
- 10. Again place them over the greased plate and just flatten them with your fingers into a thin circle
- which should be thicker than roti. Make sure that the stuffing doesn't come out of the outer dough
- layer. You would be able to see the stuffing under the thin dough outer which is the correct
- thickness.
- 11. Now heat the tawa or flat pan, grease with ghee and cook the prepared bobbatlu in medium
- flame until slightly golden brown on both sides by flipping them at regular intervals. Drizzle some
- ghee over it and to its sides while cooking. Transfer to a serving plate.
- 12. Repeat the same for other divided dough and channa dal mixture. Serve hot.
