Name: Phara (wheat daal dumplings) recipe by Sonal Tiwari at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Wheat flour 2 cup; Soaked Moogdal 1 cup; Garlic 3; Green chilli 2; Salt for your to taste; Oil 1 tsp; Onion chopped optional; Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp

Instructions

Soak moong dal separately for about 4 hours.
Make a dough of wheat flour with some salt and keep it aside. The dough consistency should be hard but not very hard.
Grind moong dal, garlic, green chillies and salt in a grinder into a very smooth paste with very little water.
Roll small circles of the dough (slightly bigger than pooris) and stuff them with dal paste. Close the circles like ghujiyas to form the dumpling shape and keep them aside.
In a pot pour 2 glasses of water and bring it to boil.
Stir in 3 -4 dumplings at a time into the water and let it boil on a medium flame. Let it cook for about 15 minutes.
Check if the dumplings are cooked by pricking in toothpick inside the dumplings. if they come put clean, the dumplings are cooked, if not cook for some more time.
Let them cool. Cut them in big chunks and fry it then serve them with chutney of your choice.

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