Dal Dhokli
Dal Dhokli

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, dal dhokli. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little 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. well, i make types of dal dhokli recipe on day to day basis with my leftover dal and leftover roti/chapatis. but it is an ad-hoc recipe where i do not follow the traditional approach and mix with.

Dal Dhokli is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Dal Dhokli is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have dal dhokli using 24 ingredients and 30 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Dal Dhokli:
  1. Prepare 1 Cup wheat flour
  2. Make ready 1 Tablespoon gram flour (besan)
  3. Take 1 Teaspoon oil
  4. Make ready 1/4 Teaspoon turmeric powder
  5. Take 1 Teaspoon chilli powder
  6. Take To Taste salt
  7. Make ready 1/4 Teaspoon garam masala
  8. Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon sugar
  9. Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon lemon juice
  10. Make ready water
  11. Take 1 Cup Tur dal
  12. Take 1.5 Cups water
  13. Make ready 1 Pinch baking soda
  14. Make ready 1 Tablespoon oil
  15. Get 4 curry leaves
  16. Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon cumin seeds
  17. Get 1/4 Teaspoon mustard Seeds
  18. Get 2 cloves
  19. Make ready 2 black peppers whole
  20. Take 1/4 Teaspoon asafetida (hing)
  21. Get 1 green chilli chopped (remove seeds)
  22. Get 1/2 Cup tomatoes chopped
  23. Take 1 Tablespoon coriander leaves cilantro / for garnishing
  24. Get 4 Teaspoons ghee (clarified butter)

Dal Dhokli is a traditional Gujarati dish. This recipe consists of spicy whole wheat uncooked roti pieces simmered into dal and cooked to perfection. Dal dhokli has a mild sweet and spicy flavor. Savory whole wheat noodles cooked in sweet, spicy and tangy lentil stew makes Daal Dhokli an ultimate comfort food!

Steps to make Dal Dhokli:
  1. Wash tur dal 2 times with water
  2. Boil tur dal, 1.5 cup water, baking soda and 3-4 drops oil in pressure cooker till 3 whistles
  3. Till tur dal is cooking, take a bowl and mix all dry ingredients in sequence
  4. Add lemon juice and mix it well
  5. Knead tight dough, which you can roll without dusting flour
  6. Take few drops of oil and rub it on palms and then onto surface of dough
  7. By this time pressure cooker will be done with 3 whistles, it takes approximately 10-12 minutes
  8. Let the cooker to cool down for 5-7 minutes
  9. Blend the dal. The consistency should not be thick, add water if required and blend it
  10. Take a pan which has lid or pressure cooker, add oil and put it on stove at medium heat
  11. As oil is a bit warm, add cumin seeds, Mustard seeds, black peppers, cloves
  12. As all seeds starts cracking, add curry leaves and sauté it for 15 seconds
  13. Add asafetida and sauté for 5 seconds
  14. Add tomato and green chilli and sauté it for about a minute
  15. Add blended dal and then add turmeric powder, salt, chili powder and garam masala, mix it well
  16. Let it boil on medium heat for 5 minutes, stir occasionally
  17. Meanwhile, let’s prepare dhokli
  18. Divide the dough into 2 parts
  19. Take one piece and roll it into circle of 7 inch diameter
  20. Cut it into diamond shape pieces as shown in Image 1
  21. Repeat step 19 and 20 for other part of the dough
  22. Check if the dal and the spices are blended well, if not then wait for few minutes
  23. Reduce the stove heat to low and Add dhokli one by one into dal
  24. Add peanuts; mix it carefully to preserve the shape of dhokli
  25. After mixing cover the lid of the pan or pressure cooker
  26. Cook it until dhokli tenders, for pressure cooker, keep the stove on medium heat and wait until 2 whistles
  27. Once done, take a bowl, garnish it with 1 tsp ghee, some coriander leaves and squeeze a small piece of lemon
  28. This recipe will result in four bowls
  29. Serve it hot. Ghee will add the nice flavor to dish, but it’s optional
  30. 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

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. How to make Dal Dhokli-Strips of whole wheat flour or dhokli cooked in a sweet, tangy spiced dal. 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. It is an appropriate meal option for Jain tithis.

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