Dal dhokli
Dal dhokli

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, dal dhokli. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

In this dal dhokli recipe, dal is exact same as Gujarati khatti meethi dal. While dhokli is made from Traditionally dal dhokli is made from leftover dal specially on Sunday. But now a day people do make.

Dal dhokli is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Dal dhokli is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have dal dhokli using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Dal dhokli:
  1. Make ready 1/2 cup Toovar Dal (split pigeon peas)
  2. Make ready 3 Tablespoons Peanuts
  3. Take 1/2 cup Wheat Flour + for dusting
  4. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Carom Seeds (ajwain)
  5. Take 1 tablespoon Chickpea Flour (gram flour)
  6. Get 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  7. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
  8. Take 1/2 teaspoon Coriander Powder
  9. Get 1/2 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  10. Prepare 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  11. Take 1 pinch Asafoetida
  12. Make ready 1 Dry Red Chilli, broken into two pieces
  13. Prepare 1 spring Curry Leaves
  14. Prepare 3 teaspoons Lemon Juice
  15. Make ready 2-2 1/2 teaspoons Sugar
  16. Prepare 3 teaspoons Oil
  17. Make ready 4 & 1/2 cups Water
  18. Take As per taste Salt
  19. Prepare 2 tablespoons chopped Coriander Leaves, for garnishing

See great recipes for Tuvar dal dhokli, Gujarati Dal Dhokli too! How to make Dal Dhokli-Strips of whole wheat flour or dhokli cooked in a sweet, tangy spiced dal. Dal Dhokli is a traditional Gujarati dish. This recipe consists of spicy whole wheat uncooked roti pieces simmered into dal and cooked to perfection.

Instructions to make Dal dhokli:
  1. Rinse toovar dal in running water and add it in the 3/4 liter steel or aluminum pressure cooker. Add 1½ cups water and salt in it. Take peanuts in a small steel bowl and place it on the dal in a cooker. Close the lid and pressure-cook it over medium flame for 3-whistles. Remove cooker from flame and let it stand idle until pressure subsides naturally for approx. 5-7 minutes.
  2. While dal is cooking, prepare dough for dhokli. Take 1/2 cup wheat flour, chickpea flour, carom seeds, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder, 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder, 1-teaspoon oil and salt in a wide mouthed bowl. Add water as required in small quantities and knead a little stiff but smooth dough (like paratha dough). Cover with a cloth and let it settle for 10 minutes.
  3. Open the lid of pressure cooker, remove the bowl having peanuts and keep it aside.
  4. Transfer dal to a deep bowl or just keep it inside the cooker and blend it into smooth puree using hand blender. Add 2-cups water and blend again for 5-10 seconds.
  5. Heat 2-teaspoons oil in a large kadai or pan over medium flame. Add mustard seeds and allow them to splutter. Add cumin seeds, asafoetida, dry red chilli and curry leaves and allow cumin seeds to sizzle. Add 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder and mix well.
  6. Add pureed dal, 1-cup water, boiled peanuts, lemon juice, sugar and salt. Bring it to boil over medium flame and then reduce flame/heat to low and cook for 5-7 minutes.
  7. Meanwhile, divide dough into 4-equal portions and give them a round shape. Take one dough ball, give it a shape like pattie and put it over rolling board. Dust little flour, roll it out into a thin circle of 7-8 inch diameter and transfer to a plate. Repeat the step for remaining dough balls.
  8. Take one rolled circle over rolling board and cut it into multiple small diamond shapes using knife or cutter. These pieces are known as “Dhokli
  9. Slowly add all diamond shaped pieces (12-14 pieces at a time) into boiling dal and increase flame to medium and cook for a minute or two. Add next batch of diamond shaped pieces after 1-2 minutes. Stir occasionally in between.
  10. Repeat the process with remaining rolled circles, cut them into pieces and add into dal. After adding all pieces, cook them over medium flame until dhokli does not taste raw, about 8-10 minutes. Stir occasionally in between.
  11. Turn off flame and transfer it to a serving bowl or deep serving plate. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and onions and serve hot or warm.

Dal dhokli has a mild sweet and spicy flavor. Dal Dhokli is a spicy, satisfying, and sumptuous one pot meal made by boiling lightly spiced wheat flour dumplings in a lentil base. Then for a final touch a spicy tempering is added to this cooked dal dhokli. Gujarati Dal Dhokli Recipeis a one pot meal where strips of thepla dough are simmered in a flavourful toor dal flavoured with whole spices and a distinct flavour from the curry leaves. Dal Dhokli is a vegetarian one pot meal option, apt for a "no onion no garlic" diet, can easily be made oil free and a staple for the ones who follow JAIN diet.

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