Ghughni Pakauri

                                                  Ghughni Pakauri

This is a recipe which my papa handed down to me ! When he was a kid,this was a favorite street food,he often used to buy whenever he got pocket money! This was exclusively ballia's (a small town in U.P.) dish found nowhere else I think,now even in Ballia,people don't know about it.But since I started preparing this,everyone just loved it(except my husband and in-laws!!).This my comfort food and have so many memories attached to this single dish. Very simple to prepare,tastes heavenly with basmati rice.

Ingredients:

• 2-3 large onions (for pakauri)
• 1 onion & 2 cloves of garlic (for masala)
• 1 tsp. garam masala powder
• 2 tsp. turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp. corriander powder
• Salt to taste
• Red chilli powder 2-3 tsp. or according to your heat level
• Oil for frying
• Yogurt 2 cupWater 1/2 cup
• Soaked kala chana or fresh green peas 1/2 cup
• Besan 1/4 cup for pakauri.

Procedure:

• First make a paste of 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic.
• Cut rest of the onions in thin slices and mix besan,turmeric powder 1 tsp.,chilli powder 1 tsp.,salt and water to make a batter for pakauri.
• heat oil in a pan and when it's hot,fry pakauris in batches.
  
• In a pressure cookes,heat 2 tbsp. of oil and fry the onion garlic paste with all the dry spices and when starts separating oil,add kala chana or green peas and stir fot about 1 minute.
• Add 1/2 cup water and close the lid and cook till one whistle.
  
• Blend the yogurt with a wisk or mathani,add 1/4 cup of water,a little salt and when cooked ghughni of chana or matar is cold,add into the yogurt,add pakauris too, mix and serve with steamed rice and plain dal.