“Steamed Masala Fara & Plain Fara”

“Steamed Masala Fara & Plain Fara” Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Lunch/Breakfast
Prep Time: 40 mins    | Cook time: 10-12 mins     | Serves: 2-3

Ingredients:

2 Cup Rice four

½ cup lal masur dal(soaked in water for 20 mins)

Water as needed

1 steamer

1 teaspoon oil(apply in steamer)

Fara masala filling Ingredients:

1  teaspoon coriander seeds

3-4 green chili( chopped)

5-6 Black Pepper seeds

8-9 garlic clove

1 green cardamom

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

1/2 stick cinnamon

Sat as per your taste

Fara Dough Ingredients:

2 cup Rice flour

Water (as required)

Step by step procedure:

Prepare Fara dough

Step-1 Take deep fry pan, heat it, add at least 1 cup water, let it boil once. Now add rice flour and mix it with spatula. Add more water if required to get nice binding of water with rice flour.

Step-2 When done, off the flame and transfer the mix into big bowl. Knead the dough and keep it for rest for at-least 5 mins.

Step-3 Keep aside dough for 30-40 minutes in a warm place.

Prepare  Masala fara filling mix

Step-1 Remove excess water from soaked lal masur dal and make coarsely grinded paste in a grinder.

Step-2 Make fine paste of all the masala ingredients (don’t use excess water) listed above in a grinder.

Step-3 Now mix the masala paste with lal masur dal paste. Add salt as required.

Prepare Steamed fara (masala fara & plain fara)

     1-Steamed masala fara ( by 2 method)

                                                 Method-1

Step-1 Take out bowl of dough. Now take small part (big lemon size) of dough.

Step-2 Apply dry rice flour on the surface, now with the help of rolling pin or by hand roll it in shape of thin small puri.

Step-3 Now put 1 teaspoon of filling into the puri and fold it. Prepare other masala fara like that.

Step-4 Now put all the prepared masala fara inside the steamer plate and let it cook on medium flame for 5-6 mins. Check it if it is cooked properly.

Step-5 Take them out on plate and let them cool down then keep them in container with lid.

                                                    Method-2    

Step-1 Take out bowl of dough. Now take small part (big lemon size) of dough.

Step-2 Apply dry rice flour on the surface, now with the help of rolling pin, roll it in shape of thin  big roti.

Step-3 Now spread good amount of masala filling on roti and just fold it. Prepare other masala fara like that.

Step-4 Now put all the prepared masala fara inside the steamer plate and let it cook on medium flame for 5-6 mins. Check it if it is cooked properly.

Step-5 Take them out on plate and let them cool down. Now cut them simply using knife. Keep them in container with lid.

2-Steamed plain fara

Step-1 Take out bowl of dough. Now take small part (big lemon size) of dough.

Step-2 Apply dry rice flour on the surface, now with the help of your hand roll them in shape like thin stick with both side pointed(as shown in picture). Prepare other plain fara like that.

Step-3 Now put all the prepared plain fara inside the steamer plate and let it cook on medium flame for 5-6 mins. Check it if it is cooked properly.

Step-4 Take them out on plate and let them cool down then keep them in container with lid.

Note- you can enjoy this traditional fara in two ways..

1-    Eat the prepared fara(masala as well as plain) with gravy sabzi as a lunch menu.

2-    Fry all fara using 2 teaspoon ghee and green chili(as per u like) till nice crunchy. Enjoy this style with tea.

Both ways of eating are just perfect..yummy.. but fried one is awesome :-)

Tips:

• Make sure to keep flame low to medium flame while using steamer.
• Avoid using excess water while preparing masala for fara.

                          

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