Fried Dal Canapé

For the filling:

50 gm channa dal

1 green chilli finely chopped

1 tbsp of onion finely chopped

1 tbsp of coriander/parsley finely chopped

1 tsp of paprika/ Kashmiri chilli powder

1 tsp of mango powder(amsur)

1 tbsp fresh bread crumbs

Salt to taste

For the casing:

4 slices bread

1 tbsp corn flour

½ cup of fresh bread crumbs

Salt to taste

Refined oil to fry

1. Wash and cook the channa dal with ¼ tsp of salt and as minimum water as possible. 
2. When it is soft, strain it.

3. Mash it with a fork and add onion, coriander, paprika powder, mango powder and mix well. 

4. Add 1 tbsp of fresh bread crumbs to bind the mixture well.

5. Adjust the salt.

6. Form dough with the mixture and roll it out to about ½ cm thickness.

7. With a 4 ½ cm round biscuit cutter cut out 8 round pieces.  As shown in the picture.

8. Cut off 4 round pieces from each slices of bread.

9. Keep the sides of the bread slices which can be used for bread crumbs.

10. Take 2 round pieces of bread and 1 round dal piece and sandwich them as shown the picture.

11. Do the same with the remaining bread and dal rounds. 

12. Grind the left over bread sides in the grinder for the fresh bread crumbs.  

13, Mix the corn flour, a pinch of salt and water to make a thin coat.

14. Dip a round sandwich in the corn flour liquid and then roll it over the bread crumbs.  See that the dal layer is properly coated.

15. Do the same with the other round sandwiches. 

16. Keep it in the fridge for about 5 minutes.

17. Heat a pan over medium heat with oil.

18. When the oil is hot enough fry the coated sandwich on both the sides, until golden brown. 

19. Do the same with the remaining pieces.   

20. Serve hot with chutney for sauce.