Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, dal dhokli. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Dal dhokli is a Sunday morning delight in most traditional Gujarati households! A perfect combination of spiced whole wheat flour dhoklis simmered in Gujarati dal, traditional Gujarati dal dhokli can be classified as a sumptuous one-dish meal, but you could also serve it with rice to make it all the more. In this dal dhokli recipe, dal is exact same as Gujarati khatti meethi dal.
Dal Dhokli is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Dal Dhokli is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook dal dhokli using 24 ingredients and 30 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Dal Dhokli:
- Make ready 1 Cup wheat flour
- Take 1 Tablespoon gram flour (besan)
- Make ready 1 Teaspoon oil
- Make ready 1/4 Teaspoon turmeric powder
- Prepare 1 Teaspoon chilli powder
- Get To Taste salt
- Get 1/4 Teaspoon garam masala
- Make ready 1/2 Teaspoon sugar
- Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon lemon juice
- Prepare water
- Take 1 Cup Tur dal
- Make ready 1.5 Cups water
- Make ready 1 Pinch baking soda
- Get 1 Tablespoon oil
- Get 4 curry leaves
- Take 1/2 Teaspoon cumin seeds
- Make ready 1/4 Teaspoon mustard Seeds
- Prepare 2 cloves
- Make ready 2 black peppers whole
- Take 1/4 Teaspoon asafetida (hing)
- Take 1 green chilli chopped (remove seeds)
- Take 1/2 Cup tomatoes chopped
- Prepare 1 Tablespoon coriander leaves cilantro / for garnishing
- Get 4 Teaspoons ghee (clarified butter)
It is a popular dish in Gujarat and Rajasthan and is prepared mostly for lunch. Here is how to make it in a traditional Gujarati style. While dal is cooking, prepare dough for dhokli. Dal dhokli is a easy and wholesome one pot meal prepared by cooking tiny wheat flour dumplings in seasoned lentil sauce or dal fry.
Steps to make Dal Dhokli:
- Wash tur dal 2 times with water
- Boil tur dal, 1.5 cup water, baking soda and 3-4 drops oil in pressure cooker till 3 whistles
- Till tur dal is cooking, take a bowl and mix all dry ingredients in sequence
- Add lemon juice and mix it well
- Knead tight dough, which you can roll without dusting flour
- Take few drops of oil and rub it on palms and then onto surface of dough
- By this time pressure cooker will be done with 3 whistles, it takes approximately 10-12 minutes
- Let the cooker to cool down for 5-7 minutes
- Blend the dal. The consistency should not be thick, add water if required and blend it
- Take a pan which has lid or pressure cooker, add oil and put it on stove at medium heat
- As oil is a bit warm, add cumin seeds, Mustard seeds, black peppers, cloves
- As all seeds starts cracking, add curry leaves and sauté it for 15 seconds
- Add asafetida and sauté for 5 seconds
- Add tomato and green chilli and sauté it for about a minute
- Add blended dal and then add turmeric powder, salt, chili powder and garam masala, mix it well
- Let it boil on medium heat for 5 minutes, stir occasionally
- Meanwhile, let’s prepare dhokli
- Divide the dough into 2 parts
- Take one piece and roll it into circle of 7 inch diameter
- Cut it into diamond shape pieces as shown in Image 1
- Repeat step 19 and 20 for other part of the dough
- Check if the dal and the spices are blended well, if not then wait for few minutes
- Reduce the stove heat to low and Add dhokli one by one into dal
- Add peanuts; mix it carefully to preserve the shape of dhokli
- After mixing cover the lid of the pan or pressure cooker
- Cook it until dhokli tenders, for pressure cooker, keep the stove on medium heat and wait until 2 whistles
- Once done, take a bowl, garnish it with 1 tsp ghee, some coriander leaves and squeeze a small piece of lemon
- This recipe will result in four bowls
- Serve it hot. Ghee will add the nice flavor to dish, but it’s optional
- You can prepare this dish from leftover dal also. In case you have dal then prepare dhokli and start from step 10, adjust the spices quantity accordingly
You will love this dish for its wonderful taste and flavorful. So here is how you can make best dal dhokli at home. Read on for step by step traditional dal dhokli recipe with tips and variations. This delicious Gujarati speciality makes a hearty meal. Strips of whole wheat flour dough or dhokli cooked in a simple toor dal preparation which is sweetened with jaggery and spiced with a delicious mix of spices.
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