Banana Parata with Dalitoy... a GSB konkani cuisine

Banana parata with dalitoy

Parata is my favourite breakfast and it is easy ,healthy and good choice for kids lunch box. Here is one tasty banana flavoured   konkani parata in this i have used over ripe bananas .My kids love this  Parata a lot,instead of plain parata i prefer this banana parata for my kids lunch box as it is healty and  remains soft .Dali thoy( manglorean dal) makes very good combo ,even in local hotels they serve dal with this parata.

          

Ingredients for  the parata:-

Multi grain Wheat flour-2cups

Banana-2(small)

Salt to taste

Sugar(optional)-1tsp

Ingredients for the Dalithoy(dal):-

Toor dal/spilt pigeon peas/yellow lentil -1cup

Green chilly-4

Red chilly-2

Mustard-1/2tsp

Asafoetida-1/2tsp

Salt to taste

Curry leaves-1spring

Oil-1tsp

Method of making parata:-

• Mash banana well with salt and sugar.
• Now add Multi grain wheat flour and little water for kneading soft dough.
• Knead  dough well until it is soft and keep covered for 30 mins.
• After 30 mins make10 lemon sized balls and roll into a small circle.
• Now sprinkle some flour and brush some ghee, fold this into triangle and roll it again .
• Heat  tava/griddle and dry fry or apply some ghee  and serve hot with dalitoy.

Method of making Dali thoy(Dal)-

• Pressure cook dal till tender or about 3 whistle.
• After a its completely cool down take it out from the cooker and transfer into a sauce pan.
• Now add slit green chillies and salt to taste.
• Bring to boil until green chillies are cooked well.
• Now heat a tsp of oil  for tempering in a pan.Now add mustard and let it crackle,then add red chilly pieces followed by curry leaves and Asafoetida and pour this over the dal and dali toy is ready to serve.

Note:-You can  serve this dal along with rice too.

Banana parata and Dali thoy