Himachal Babru

Babru is a famous kachori that is made of urad dal and served as breakfast in Himachal Pradesh. I once had this at a friend’s place and immediately loved the taste. Since we do not usually eat a heavy breakfast, I made it once for dinner and my family loved it!

Prep Time: 8 hrs

Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

For the outer covering

• 1 cup Whole wheat flour

• Salt, to taste

• Water, to knead

For the filling

• 1/2 cup Urad dal

• Salt, to taste

• 1 tsp Chilli powder

• 1 tsp Chaat masala

Instructions

For the outer covering

1. Make a tight dough of wheat flour and water. Keep aside covered for 10 mins.

For the filling

1. Soak urad dal overnight

2. Drain the water and grind it to a coarse paste

3. Add chilli powder, chaat masala and salt and keep aside

To proceed

1. Roll a lemon sized ball size of the covering

2. Fill in a small ball of the dal filling, close and seal

3. Roll this into a thick puri. Make similar puris out of the rest of the dough and filling

4. Deep fry these and serve hot with chutney of your choice