Chimichangas

Ingredients

• 2 cups wheat flour
• 4 tsp olive oil
• 4 tsp cumin seeds jeera
• 2 tsp sugar
• salt to taste
• water

• 4 tbsp oil
• 2 tsp green chilli paste
• 11 & 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 11 & 1/2 tsp cumin powder
• 2 cups boiled kidney beans rajma
• 2 tomatoes chopped
• 2 cups chopped cottage cheese paneer
• Water
• 10 tbsp olive oil for shallow frying

• lettuce leaves
• chopped tomato
• green chilli paste
• cumin powder

Instructions

1. In a bowl, add wheat flour, salt, cumin powder, sugar and water. Prepare the dough.
2. In a pan, heat the oil. Add green chilli paste, red chilli powder, cumin powder, kidney beans, chopped tomato, chopped cottage cheese and water. Mix well and cook. This forms the filling of the recipe.
3. In another pan, heat the rolled out dough. Add olive oil and stuff the cooked filling. Fold it to form a roll.
4. Shallow fry the dough stuffed with the filling, with heated olive oil in a pan.
5. Garnish the chimichangas with lettuce leaves, tomato, green chilli paste and cumin powder.

Recipe by Jivanarpit Bhumika Pandya