BOBATTLU

Ingredients:
1 cup chana dal(split bengal gram lentil) soaked in water for 2 hours and drained
1 cup jaggery or sugar(you can adjust the sugar or jaggery according to your choice)
1 1/4 cups maida (refined flour)
enough water to prepare dough
3-4 tbsps oil
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1 tbsp clarified butter/ghee
pinch of salt
Mix refined flour,pinch of salt,2 tbsps oil and enough water to make a very soft and sticky dough.Knead well.
Grease your hands with oil to knead the dough and take a small portion of dough and flatten it into a disc of the size of your palm. Place a ball of “sweet lentil ball” in the centre and draw the edges of the dough from all sides to cover the ’sweet lentil ball’ completely.
Take a sheet of transparent plastic wrap or a plaintain leaf and gently flatten each ball carefully with your fingers to form a 6″ to 8″ diamater flat circular bobattu/poli (grease your hands while flattening).Fry it on low flame on a hot griddle or tawa.Roast both sides till brown spots appear.
Smear with ghee on both sides when done.Serve warm with clarified butter/ghee.

Note:You can store the ‘bobattulu’ for a few days in an air tight container or in the refrigerator