Bobbatlu Recipe: Andhra’s Favorite Sweet Flatbread

By Bhavana Verma

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (maida)
a pinch of salt
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
2 tablespoons oil or ghee
water for kneading
1 cup chana dal
1 cup grated jaggery
½ teaspoon cardamom powder
1 tablespoon ghee

Prepare dough

Mix flour, salt, and turmeric powder in a bowl. Add oil or ghee and gradually add water to make the soft dough. Cover it with a damp cloth and let it rest.

Prepare the filling

Wash chana dal and cook it in a pressure cooker until soft. Once cooked, cool it down and grind it to a fine paste.

Add flavor

Melt jaggery in a pan with some water, and add ground dal paste, ghee, and cardamom powder. Mix well

Assemble

Divide dough into small balls. Roll it into sheets and fill in the chana dal mixture. Seal it well and roll it to sheets. Repeat the same to make all bobbatlu.

Cook

Cook the prepared bobbatlu on a heated griddle with some ghee on both sides. Serve it hot.