Afghan Bolani افغان بولانی

Afghan Bolani is a delicious bread filled with spinach and potatoes and baked in oil.

Bolani

Ingredients:
For Dough

• Superfine Flour (white Atta)   1/2 kg
• Cumin seed whole 1 teaspoon
• Kalonji 1 teaspoon
• Knead the dough using water to a soft texture. Keep in dark for 1/2 hour.

For Filling:

• Spinach 1 kg  cleaned, trimmed  and coarsely chopped 1 kg
• Potatoes chopped 3-4
• Tomato chopped 1
• Onion chopped 1
• Ginger garlic paste 2 teaspoon
• Oil 1/2 cup
• Chopped fresh mint 1/2 bunch
• Chopped fresh coriander leaves 1/2 bunch
• Green chillies crushed  1 tablespoon
• Salt to taste
• Cumin seed 1 teaspoon
• Coriander seed 1 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Boil spinach in water, drain and keep aside.
• Saute onion in oil till soft.
• Now add green chillies , ginger garlic paste, tomatoes and spices fry for two minutes.
• Now add boiled spinach and potatoes and fry for few minutes.
• Cook on low flame till potatoes are well cooked.
• Then evaporate much of water on high flame while stirring.
• Mash the potatoes.
• Then add fresh mint and coriander leaves.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Filling for Bolani is ready.

• Now prepared doughnuts from the prepared dough.
• Take one doughnut and flatten on board with the help of roller pin.
• Place a small quantity of prepared filling and fold and seal.
• Bake on tawa applies oil during baking.
• Delicious Afghan Bolani is ready.
• Serve with plain yoghurt or mint yoghurt.