Ingredients

• 12                 mandhas (paratha pastry)
•   1                 cup chana daal or Moong daal
•   3                 tbsp oil
• 1/2                tsp cumin seeds
•   1                 pkt spinach(frozen)
•   2                 small potatoes, peeled and diced in 1/4″
•   1                 tbsp green masala
• 1/2                tsp crushed cumin seeds
• 1/2                tsp crushed black pepper
•   1                 tsp salt
• 1/4                cup chopped dhana(cilantro)

Paste

• 2                  tbsp white flour
• 2                  tbsp water

Instructions

1. Soak chana daal in cold water for 5 hours.
2. Rinse it in cold water.
3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a medium saucepan. Add the cumin seeds.
4. Add the defrosted spinach, green masala, crushed cumin seeds and black pepper, salt and the daal. Mix and cook stirring for about 10 min till the mixture is dry and the daal and spinach cooked. Let it cool.
5. Make the paste by mixing white flour and water.
6. Take a pastry and put 2 tbsp of the mixture in the centre of the pastry.
7. Bring the opposite ends to the centre and stick it with the paste.
8. Bring the other 2 sides in and  stick it.
9. Cook on preheated med heat tawa for about a min on each side.
10. Brush with oil and cook for another min on each side.

Serve with a dahi (yoghurt) chutney.