Ashauk / Ashak

Ashauk is a delicious Afghan dish . It consist of steamed and stuffed triangle dumblings in yogurt, chana dal and tomato sauce. Here i used leek  leaves for stuffing, you can replace it with chicken, meat or any other ingredient of your choice.

INGREDIENTS FOR PREPARATION

1. All purpose flour: 2 cups
2. Cooked chana dal: 1/2 cup
3. Leek: 1 bunch
4. Yogurt: 1/4 cup
5. Tomato sauce: 2-3 tbs
6. Water: 3/4 cup
7. Olive oil: 2 tbs
8. Salt: to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION.

• Cook chana dal with little salt.
• Prepare a smooth dough with all purpose flour, salt and water.
• Divide it into small balls and roll it into thin sheets with a rolling pin.
• Cut the white and light green part of leek (discard dark green as it will be too hard) and mix it with oil and salt.
• Now cut the sheets into squares with the help of a knife.
• Take a square sheet, place little leek mix in the middle and seal from both sides to form a triangle shape. Use water or flour paste to seal the edges.
• Repeat the steps for whole dough.
• Keep them in a steamer and steam it for 5-6 minutes.
• Place the ashauk in a serving plate, top it with curd, cooked chana dal and tomato sauce.

Delicious Ashauk is ready, serve hot with little finely chopped coriander or parsley leaves on top.