Dal Pakwan

Dal Pakwan

Almost every mom have a common headache, of feeding their kids with a healthy and nutritional food for their better development. Every mom has to find new ways for their kids to make them eat healthy food. Kids always run away from vegetables, milk or all sort of nutritional food. Here is the possible solution which will attract kids and their friends to have more of pulses(dal) which contains lots of protein.

Preparation time : 10mins
Cooking time : 30mins
Servings : 3

Ingredients: (for 2-3 people)

All purpose flour/Maida	1cup
Sooji(Semoline)	1/2cup
Oil	for dry frying
Bengal gram spilt and skinned(Chana Dal)(Boiled)	2cups
Garlic(paste)	1tsp
Ginger(paste)	1tsp
Onions(chopped)	1
Green chilly (paste)	as required
Sev(or any namkeen)	for garnish
Salt	as required
Garam masala(Mixture of spices)	1/2tsp
Aamchur powder(Sour dried mango powder)	a pinch
Red chilly powder	as required

Method : How to prepare Dal Pakwan

For Pakwan:
Mix maida and sooji to form a stiff dough. Divide it into equal parts and roll it with the help of rolling pin. Prick them uniformly with the help of a fork, so that they do not swell up during deep fry.
It should be 2-3 mm thick and size as shown in picture.
Deep fry each sheet till it turns golden brown.

Pakwans

For Dal:
Saute garlic and ginger in a pan.
Now add onions and again saute for 3-4 mins.
Add dal, salt, garam masala, red chilly powder, aamchur powder and a half cup of water.
Cook for 5-6 mins.
Garnish with sev and green chilly chutney and serve hot with pakwan.

A proteinious spicy dal served with crunchy pakwans will definitely be a mouth-watering dish for all kids. They will enjoy this unique combination of dal and will ask you again and again for this dal pakwan.