Bakshalu with Sweet Potato

Chilakada Dumpa Bobbatlu , Mouram Gadda Bakshalu


















Ingredients :

Sweet Potatoes 5 Big
Jaggery 1/2 cup (crushed)
Cardamom 2 pods (powdered seeds)
All Purpose Flour 1 cup (Maida)
Wheat Flour 1/2 cup
Salt less than 1/4 tsp
Ghee 1/4 cup

Preparation :

Wash and boil sweet potatoes ,let it cool .
Peel its skin and smash.

Make soft dough with all purpose flour, wheat flour add salt and 2 tsp
ghee by adding water. dough should be sticky ,keep aside for 10 mins.
Add 2 tsp ghee to dough and apply ghee to your hand again mix it for 5 mins.

Take 1/2 cup jaggery and cardamom , add sweet potato and blend for
few minutes to get poornam . It should be like a firm ball .
Apply ghee to hand , make firm Big lime size balls and keep aside.

Now take page size aluminium foil , spread and apply ghee on it,
and take small lime size dough, press dough with hands (a little) on foil,
and keep poornam ball on the spread dough and cover poornam ball
with dough by bringing edges together on its top.

You can see a ball (poornam covered with dough)
Then press it with hand firmly , and make circular shape
Baksham (like puri).

Now keep Iron pan on the flame (medium-low), spread 1/4 tsp ghee.
Separate Baksham from foil slowly onto iron griddle and cook it
both sides (by applying sufficient ghee) till it get light golden
brown colour (like chapathi).

Its done . You will get 7-8 Bakshalu.