Ghugni and Tepla

Ghugni
When I visited Kolkata I tasted this chat item. It is one of my husband's favorite so tried this at home. This can be had as an evening snack. Hope you all enjoy it as well.

1. Wash white peas and soak overnight.
2. Boil this for 3 to 4 whistles. Boil the diced potatoes as well and fry them till golden in color and keep aside.
3. Fry coconut pieces.
4. Heat oil in pan and add red chillies, jeera seeds, chopped onions, and fry till onion is golden brown. Add paste of onion, chillies, and ginger to this and fry for 5 minutes.
5. Add haldi powder, jeera powder, red chilli powder, salt and half a glass of water and cook till oil separates.
6. Add chopped tomatoes and stir for 3 minutes.
7. Add fried potatoes, boiled peas, and chat masala and stir for 5 minutes in medium flame.
8. Add one cup of water, little sugar, and garam masala powder. Mix well and cover the lid and cook for 5 more minutes in medium flame. When slightly thick, remove from fire and garnish with chopped onion, coriander leaves, lime juice, and tomatoes.

Thepla
This is actually a Gujarati dish.

1. In a bowl, add wheat flour, besan, haldi pdr, red chilli pdr, salt, ginger and chilli paste, and 1 tbsp oil. Mix all this well.
2. Add chopped methi leaves and coriander leaves to this.
3. Add the mashed banana to this.
4. Knead the dough using curds only.
5. Set aside for 10 minutes.
6. Roll out the dough and cook as you do for chapati and enjoy.

The first photo (above) is the Ghugni I prepared. The below first photo is the Thepla and ghugni I prepared. The second one is the Ghugni I had at Kolkata. Hope you all try this and enjoy it.