Search This Blog

Obattu
















Ingredients

Quantity
Fat
2 tsp
Fine semolina
100gms
Flour
100gms
Baking powder
a pinch
Salt
to taste 

Filling:


Split Bengal gram
150gms
Grated jaggery
75gms
Cardamom powder
½ tsp


Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Rub in 2 tsp fat. Add sufficient water to make a soft dough. Cook gram until soft. Grind coarsely with jaggery. Mix well and cook over a slow fire till thick and it gives out a pleasant aroma. Add cardamom powder. Make into small balls. Take a marble-size portion of dough. Roll thin. Put the filling in the centre and press ends together. Flatten over a banana leaf smeared with fat or the back of a stainless steel pan. Shallow fry on griddle (thick tawa). Serve with pure ghee and milk.