Dal ka Pitha
Dal pitha is a very popular dish from Bihari cuisine.It is something like Dumplings or momos. Generally people used rice flour, but here I have used wheat flour. We use only 2 Tablespoon oil in the whole recipe. so this can be considered as zero oil recipe.
Dal ka Pitha
Lets start the step by step recipe for Dal Pitha :
Ingredients
For The Wheat Dough
- Wheat flour – 1 cup
- White oil – 1 tbsp
- Salt – 2 big pinches
- Water as required for kneading
For The Stuffing
- Chana dal or Bengal gram– 1 cup
- Garlic – 5 to 6 cloves
- Green chilli – 4
- Salt to taste
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Water as required or enough to cook the pitha easily.
- Coriander leaves (chopped) – 1 ½ tbsp
Method
For The Dough
- Take a big bowl add wheat flour, oil , salt mix well then add water ( as required for kneading) and make into soft dough.
- Cover and keep the dough aside for 10 to 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes knead the dough again and make dough balls of equal portions.
For Chana Dal
- Soak chana dal in sufficient water for overnight. Wash properly, drain the water and keep it aside.
2. Grind chana dal with cumin seeds, garlic, green chilli and salt to a coarse paste. Don’t add water. Add chopped coriander leaves.
3. Heat water in a thick bottom pan add 1 tbsp oil.
4. Roll the dough ball like a puri.
5. Place the 1 tbsp dal mixture in the middle of the poori
6. and close (seal the edge properly) the puri.
7. Repeat the process with the rest of the dough.
8. Place it in boiling water and boiled around 5 to 10 minutes or knife comes out clean.
9. Take out the pithas from hot water and let cool.
Serving
Serve with lahsun ki chutney, dhaniya ki chutney or tomato ki chutney.
Dal ka Pitha
Ingredients
- Ingredients
For The Wheat Dough
- Wheat flour – 1 cup
- White oil – 1 tbsp
- Salt – 2 big pinches
- Water as required for kneading
For The Stuffing
- Chana dal or Bengal gram– 1 cup
- Garlic – 5 to 6 cloves
- Green chilli – 4
- Salt to taste
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Water as required or enough to cook the pitha easily.
- Coriander leaves chopped – 1 ½ tbsp
Instructions
- Method
For The Dough
- Take a big bowl add wheat flour, oil , salt mix well then add water ( as required for kneading) and make into soft dough. Cover and keep the dough aside for 10 to 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes knead the dough again and divided into equal portions and makes into balls.
For Chana Dal
- Soak chana dal in sufficient water for overnight. Wash properly, drain the water and keep it aside.
- Grind chana dal with cumin seeds, garlic, green chilli and salt to a coarse paste. Don’t add water. Add chopped coriander leaves.
- Heat water in a thick bottom pan add 1 tbsp oil.
- Roll the dough ball like a puri.
- Place the 1 tbsp dal mixture in the middle of the poori.
- and close (seal the edge properly) the puri.
- Repeat the process with the rest of the dough.
- Place it in boiling water and boiled around 5 to 10 minutes or knife comes out clean.
- Take out the pithas from hot water and let cool.
- Serve with lahsun ki chutney, dhaniya ki chutney or tomato ki chutney.
Enjoy this tasty Dal pitha recipe. Let us know how it turned out.
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