Chawal ke Phare (Behari Recipe)

Chawal ke Phare

Material (3-4 servings)

2 cup rice flour

31/2 cup water

2 tsp oil

1/2 tsp salt

for filling

Urad daal – 1 cup (soaked in water for 2-3 hrs)

Ginger 1” piece

Green Chilli 4-5

Garam masala 1 tsp

Heeng 2 pinch

Coriander powder 1 tsp

Green coriander leaves Chopped 2 tbls

Salt as per taste

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Oil 2 tbsp

Method (How to make phare or Pitha))

Drain water from the dal and coarsly grind with, ginger and green chilly. Now add salt, heeng, coriander powder, garam masala and chopped coriander leaves and mix well.

To prepare the dough, boil 3 ½ cup of water in a pan, add salt add rice flour to the boiling water slowly, stirring continuously with fork to avoid the lumps. Let it to cool.

Grease your hand with oil and knead the rice flour with your hands to make soft dough.

Now make 20-25 equal part from the dough

Now  roll one part  to make small puri, and fill with dal mixture and fold the puri as semi circle (gujhiya type shape)  roll all puri and fill with  mixture.

Now grease steamiing vessle with oil and put this phare in the it and Steam cook phare in a steamer till the daal filling gets cooked.

For checking take out one of them and prick with a pointed knife, if it comes out clean it's cooked.

Take out the pahre from the steamer and let it to be cool.

Serve hot these steam cook phare with green chatney or ..............

Cut these phare in 1 cm thick slices.

Heat oil in pan put cumin seeds when cumin turn brown add phare pieces and fry till golden brown and crispy. Serve hot with green chutney or sauce