"Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal
"Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, "tekwa dal" - sweet puri filled with dhal. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Here is my Chana Dhal Mauritian Tekwa recipe, very simple and easy to make. If you favour lentil stuffed puris, you will love to try this easy Dal Puri recipe. Filled with a savoury and delicious filling, this moong dal puri recipe will be ready to serve in just half an hour.

"Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. "Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have "tekwa dal" - sweet puri filled with dhal using 13 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make "Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal:
  1. Make ready chana dhal
  2. Take plain flour
  3. Prepare powdered milk
  4. Prepare sugar
  5. Make ready bicarbonate soda
  6. Take yellow food colouring
  7. Make ready ghee or butter
  8. Prepare ground cardamom
  9. Make ready fennel seeds - coarsely ground
  10. Take desiccated coconut
  11. Take Tepid water to make the dough
  12. Make ready Oil for deep frying
  13. Get Almond and raisins chopped - optional

This delicacy is delicious and very festive. Dal Puri is an excellent option with any meal as it is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Serve these incredible dal puris with spicy squash, or potato curry with yogurt gravy. The flatbread is stuffed with a seasoned filling of ground split peas.

Steps to make "Tekwa Dal" - Sweet Puri filled with Dhal:
  1. Soak the dhal then boil until soft. I usually boil it in a pressure cooker, 2 whistles and turn the heat off.
  2. Drain the boiled dhal. Keep the water to make the flour dough.
  3. The dhal should be soft enough to be crushed between two fingers.
  4. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
  5. Place in a blender and grind the dhal to a soft texture.
  6. Place a little ghee in a pan, heat up then add the ground dhal. Heat it up few minutes only to remove extra moisture.
  7. Remove and leave to cool down.
  8. Meanwhile prepare the dough. In a mixing bowl add the flour, ghee, sugar, milk powder, bicarbonate soda and yellow food colouring.,
  9. Mix all until fully incorporated.
  10. Make a well in the centre start adding the warm tepid water gradually to form a fairly soft dough.
  11. Cover with clingfilm and leave the dough to rest for at least 30 minutes.
  12. Once the dhal has cool down, time to turn it into a sweet filling for the dough.
  13. Add in the fennel, cardamom, coconut, almond flakes, give all a good mix.
  14. Lastly add in 2 Tbs sugar.
  15. Divide dough into 10 equal sized portions, shape each into a cup shape before you start filling.
  16. Place 1 tablespoon of filling in each and pinch them closed. Keep on a lightly floured surface.
  17. Roll out into discs of about 10cm diameter. Be careful not to let the filling ooze when rolling.
  18. Heat oil in a deep frying pan and deep fry tekwa in moderately hot oil until golden brown.
  19. Drain well on absorbent paper and serve hot with a fresh cup of tea. Makes 10.

A Dhal Puri can be eaten as is or with a sour (a type of chutney). In the Caribbean, it is often eaten with some type of meat or poultry curry. Thank you for an awesome step by step recipe for Dhal puri roti. I love you took the time to give specific instructions on cooking the split peas for use in a food processor. Some people told me it would not work but I knew the "Wicked Chef" had the answer.

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