Bobbatlu / Obattlu / Bakshalu Preparation

Ingredients :

Maida / All purpose floor - 1cup
Split Chana Dal - 1cup
Jaggery - 1cup can be changed to your taste
Ghee - for frying bobattlu
Oil -  for kneading dough
Salt

Preparation Method :

1. Make maida dough by adding 3spn of hot oil and remaing with water shoul not too thick as roti dough, with enough salt.Cover it with oil so that dough couldnot become dry. We can use this oil later in making bobattlu.

2. Knead it atleast for 1hr if more than that also no problem.

3. Soak chana dal for 1/2 hr and cook it in a thick bottomed vessel with enough water , ones chana dal is cooked drain the water and Mix Paste.

4. Take a Pan add Jaggery with Some Water then jaggery Melts add Chana Dal Paster, when you add Chana Dal  Paste flame should be low, try to stir continously with a spatula until jaggery and Chana Dal Paste Will Be Thick. Then add Elachi Powder and switch off the heat.

5. After make them into Small balls and keep aside.

6. Now take the maida dough of a small portion and keep the sweet mixture ball on this and cover the sweet ball with maida (as we do for stuffed parathas) , now on a  banana leaf / plastic paper flatten it with your fingers to a round shape make sure that sweet filling doesnt come out. While doing this process apply oil to your hands and to the plastic paper also.

7. Heat a tawa add ghee to this and fry bobattlu on both sides until golden brown color by adding a little ghee on both sides.

* Tasty Bobbatlu is Ready.Serve Hot.