Chicken and Potato Bolani/ Afghan Flat breads along with Carrot Curd and Healthy Mango Milkshake
These days during fasting, I am so much into cooking that I will be searching each and every website or youtube video for a different variety of dishes during iftar. One such recipe is this afghan dish which can be prepared using chicken or with vegetables. But I used both chicken and potatoes to make the filling for bolani, which tasted yumm along with carrot raita.
Bolani is a traditional Afghani flatbread stuffed and baked. Bolani is low in carbohydrates, calories and rich in protein, fiber, and vitamins. We can have a choice of fillings like the chicken, potatoes, spinach and so on. Here I used chicken along with potatoes which were amazingly delectable.
In this the dough is stuffed with chicken- potato filling and then shallow fried to crispy golden brown. In these spring onions are used instead of onions, but I used regular onions. These can be shaped in semi-circle or triangle like I did. These taste good along with curd or any raita. I made carrot raita, which was appetizing.
These bolani, I tasted them for the first time in Costco, where they give samples of food on Saturdays and Sundays. These were so delicious that we ended up buying a couple of packets of bolani. Everybody will like them including the kids. A perfect for guests and during parties. Along with this, I made mango milkshake, in which I added honey instead of sugar which makes it healthy and for a small twist I added cardamom powder, which gave a different and unique taste. Try this out and let me know.
Ingredients:
For dough:
- All Purpose Flour- 1 Cup
- Wheat Flour- 1 Cup
- Salt- as Required
- Water- for kneading
For Filling:
- Boneless Chicken- 1 Cup
- Potatoes- 2 nos
- Onions- 1 no
- Garlic Cloves- 3 nos
- Coriander powder- 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder- ½ tsp
- Pepper Powder- 1 tsp
- Salt- as required
- Red Chilli flakes- 1 tsp
- Coriander Leaves- a bunch
Method:
- Knead the all-purpose flour, wheat flour and salt using water until the dough forms a ball. The dough should be neither sticky nor dry. Keep this covered with a damp cloth.
- Boil potatoes and boil chicken. Shred the chicken into small pieces, keep this aside. Mash the boiled potatoes and add this along with the shredded chicken.
- Add chopped onions, grated garlic, coriander powder, red chili flakes, turmeric powder, pepper powder, salt and chopped coriander leave.
- Mix well using the hand. Add a little water to make it sticky.
- Divide the dough into 8- 10 equal balls.
- Roll the dough into a round disc, scoop 2 tbsp of the chicken- potato filling and spread it on the dough disc leaving the edges.
- Fold the three sides in the form of a triangle and seal well. Pat well to remove any air pockets. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
- Heat a pan, smear 1 tbsp of oil and shallow fry on both the sides and enjoy with carrot curd.
Carrot Curd:
- Carrot- 2 nos
- Pepper Powder- 1 tsp
- Salt- as required
- Beaten Curd- 2 Cups
- Cumin Powder- 1 tsp
- Red Chilli Powder- 1 tsp
Method:
- Grate the carrots, add these grated carrots along with cumin powder, red chili powder, pepper powder, salt. Mix these in the beaten curd and serve.
Healthy Mango milkshake:
- Mangoes- 2 nos
- Milk- 2 Cups
- Cardamom Powder- ½ tsp
- Honey- 4 tbsp
Method:
- Blend everything together in a blender and serve them in big glasses and enjoy.
