Varanphal

Chakulya( Varan Phal)
Ingredients:

For Varan:

• 1 cup toor daal
• 1 tsp kala / goda masala (use red chili powder in case)
• 1/2 tsp garlic chopped
• 1 Tsp Tamarind
• 2 tbsp grated jaggery
• 5-6 curry leaves
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 2 pinches of asafoetida
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 2 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

For Phal:

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

Method: Soak tamarind and jaggery in 1/4 cup water. For phal dough mix wheat flour with oil and salt and knead firm dough. Keep aside till daal gets ready.

Cook Dal with turmeric powder in pressure cooker till soft. Mash it and mix with soaked ingredients. Now heat kadhai with oil and add mustard seeds and asafoetida. Now add curry leaves, dry coconut, garlic and masala (do not let it burn). Immediately add daal in it. Add salt and water and bring it to boil, simmer. This varan should be thinner than regular daal.
Now at the same time start rolling small portion of dough like chapati but little thicker than that. With the help of knife cut the chapati into diamond shapes ( like shankarpale), crosswise. Put these shapes in boiling daal. Repeat the same procedure immediately. Let this boil on low flame till the phal completely cooked. Add water if required.
Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve hot with ghee.