SWEET PURIS WITH NUTS AND DAL

Ingredients

for stuffing

tuvar ( arhar dal)  1 1/2 cups
sugar  1 cup
almonds chopped 1 tbsp
pistachios chopped  1 tbsp
glace cherries chopped  1 tbsp
orange peel chopped  1 tbsp
charoli   1 tbsp
ghee 3 tbsp
vanilla essence  1/2 tsp
rose essence  1/2 tsp
nutmeg pdr  1/2 tsp
cardamom pdr 1/2 tsp

for pastry

 refined flour  1/2 cup
semolina / rava   1 tbsp
ghee  5 tbsp
salt 1/4 tsp

Method

wash dal & pressure cook till soft, mash it. 
mix ghee & sugar, cook stirring constantly till it leaves the sides of the vessel.
add the nuts, cherries, orange peel & rest of the ingredients, mix well, let it cool.
make a smooth paste of 2 tbsp of flour & 2 tbsp of ghee.
with the rest of the flour, semolina, ghee & salt, make a soft dough.
divide into 4 balls. roll each into a round of a quarter plate.
apply ghee/flour paste between each rooled dough & put them one over the other.
now roll into one big round, place the dale stuffing in the centre, fold it from all sides to form  a round cake, roll it lightly.
bake in a pre-heated oven at 175 deg. C till evenly cooked or light brown.