Name: Whole Wheat Flour Fara /Peetha
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: For dough -1 cup whole wheat flour; Salt; Water as required; For stuffing- 1 cup chana dal soaked for 4 hours; Ginger 1 inch small piece; 2-3 nos. Garlic cloves; 2 nos. small green chilies; 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder; 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder; Salt; 1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves; For tempering- 1 tbsp oil; 5-6 nos. Curry leaves; 2 teaspoon cumin seed; 1 teaspoon sesame seeds

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Fara /peetha is staple street food of uttarpradesh. Fara is the steamed lentil stuffed dumplings. It is very yummy in taste . I have made it by using whole wheat flour . There are two ways to making faras . You can either steam them in a steamer or boil them in salty water like pasta . I have used boiling method .

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Total Time 50

Served AsBreakfast, Snacks

CuisineIndian

Servings

Ingredients

Instructions

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First for dough - in a big bowl take whole wheat flour , add salt and mix well . Now make a soft dough by using water . Cover it and keep this aside.
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For stuffing - take soaked chana dal . Wash and drain it .
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Now in a grinder take chana dal , add garlic cloves , ginger , cumin seeds and green chilies and grind it coarsely.
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Now in this coarse grind dal ,add coriander leaves , garam masala powder , turmeric powder and salt as per taste and mix well . Stuffing is ready .
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Now take dough and make equal small lemon size balls with it. Now take a ball and roll it with roller pins and make disk .Take 1 tbsp dal stuffing and put on this disk.
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Now fold this disk and make semi circle . Repeat this process with remaining dough . Faras are ready to boil .
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Now in a wide kadai add water . When water starts boiling add salt and 1 tsp oil . Now add faras into this and cook until they starts coming up.
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Now take out these boiled faras and let it cool down . Now cut them in to small pieces .
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For tempering- in a pan add 2 tsp oil , add cumin seeds and sesame seeds . When seeds starts crackle then add curry leaves . Now add faras and cook for about 7_8 minutes . Faras are ready to serve . Serve hot with green or red chutney .