Sunday 15 January 2017

Making a siddu..



So in my first post today I would like to tell you something about my favorite food Siddu. .Siddu a "Himachali dish" is one of the most loved dishes in Himachal mostly in Mandi, Kullu, Manali, Rohru and Shimla. Basically it is made from a filling of Poppy seeds/Walnuts wrapped together in a bread made from flour. It is a delicious dish which suits best with ghee/ chutney.
Ingredients
1. Wheat flour
2. Yeast
3. Poppy seeds
4. Salt to taste
5. Green chili
6. Onions
7. Water

Recipe 
For the bread in which the filling is stuffed..
1. For 1/2 kg of wheat flour add 15g of dried yeast to it and knead it with water till it becomes a soft dough.
2. After you obtain a soft dough keep it away(covered with a cloth) until it raises (can take 3 to 6 hours).

For the filling..
1. Add some water to the poppy seeds so as to wet them.
2. Now grind all the spices and salt together to make the filling.
3. The filling is ready.

To proceed..
1. Take the dough and form small balls of it..
2. Add some dry flour to them and roll them thicker than a chapati/tortillia.
3. Add the filling in the dough.
4. Fold the dough in half fold the edge back over on itself then pinch the edges to firmly seal.
5. Put the siddu in a steamer and steam them.
6. The siddu is ready.

Serve hot with green chutney/desi ghee.



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