Dhalpourie!

Guess what I did with our brand spanking new Kitchen Aid mixer?! I made dhalpourie!! :D It wasn't as great as my mom's, but it was dhalpourie. It was only my first try and it didn't turn out like a professional Trini would make it but, there's lots of room to improve! Dhalpourie is probably the most difficult kind of roti to make and it takes the most time! It took me and my sister about an hour to cook minus the few technical difficulties we had with our mixer!
We bought the Kitchen Aid because we eat a lot of roti in this household. And since I discovered that it can knead dough I knew I had to get my hands on one. I was so excited to use it for this recipe that I had to take pictures and post about it. :)

To start off, boil 2 cups of dahl (yellow split peas) in some water with 2 tablespoons of saffron. 

Boil it for about 15 minutes. The peas can't be too soft.

Then, with the use of my handy dandy Kitchen Aid, I used the grinder attachment to grind the peas into a powder along with 3 cloves of garlic.

After the dahl is all ground, toast some ground cumin and add about 2 tablespoons to the dahl mixture.

Now set that aside and it's time to knead the dough!

The recipe I used was 6 cups of flour and 6 tablespoons of baking powder with about 3 cups of water. Add more water if the dough is too dry and add more flour if the dough is too wet. Let it sit for about 20 minutes.

Divide the dough into equal parts. We got eight dough balls that were a little smaller than a baseball.

Make a bowl out of the ball of dough and add some of the dahl mixture.

Close it in by pinching the edges together.

Set it aside and repeat with the other dough balls.

Roll it out like a pizza.

Place it on the tawah (flat cooking dish made of metal used for cooking roti). 

Brush some vegetable oil and flip. Cook for about 3 minutes on each side.

Roll it up and break it in half. I ate mine with curry lamb (made by my sister) and curried potatoes.

This is one of my all time favorite foods and now that I know how to make it I will be eating it all the time. :) Like I said earlier, it wasn't THE best dahlpourie (the dahl needed to be boiled a little bit longer) but I will be practicing a lot since the Kitchen Aid makes it so easy! 

Hope every one has a happy holiday season no matter what you celebrate! :D