Dal dhokli is a traditional dish of Gujarati Cuisine generally prepared with dals (lentil) and wheat flour as base ingredients. It has soft textured dhokli submerged in semi-thick dal like lentil gravy and has a mild sweet and spicy taste of aromatic spices and crunchy peanuts. Apart from being easy to prepare, healthy and stomach filling, this dal dhokli is capable of carrying an entire meal on its own which means that it can be served all by itself and one wouldn't care for anything in accompaniment.
Ingredients
1 cup split pigeon peas/ toor dal soaked in water for 10 mins
3/4 cup wheat flour
1/4 cup besan/ gram flour
Salt to taste
2 tsp peanuts
3/4 tsp turmeric powder
3/4 tsp red chilli powder
2 pinches asafoetida/ hing
2 tbsp oil
3 tbsp desi ghee
2 dry red chillies
1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds/ methi dana
3/4 tsp mustard seeds
10 curry leaves
1 tsp grated jaggery
1 1/2 tsp crushed green chillies
1 small finely chopped onion
2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves chopped
1 lemon
Procedure
Drain dal and pressure cook it with 2 cups of water, 1/2 tsp turmeric pdr and salt till 3-4 whistles are given out
Open the lid of the cooker when the pressure reduces completely and mash with a hand blender
add peanuts and simmer. add salt, remaining turmeric pdr, 1/2 tsp chilli pdr, a pinch of hing and mix well
Take the flours in a bowl, oil add water,chilli powder,hing, turmeric and knead into a soft dough
Divide the dough into equal portions, make balls and roll into roti
Cut the roti into strips and keep them aside
Heat ghee in a pan and add remaining hing, methi seeds, curry leaves and broken red chillies and saute till fragrant
Add cooked dal and mix, add 2 cups of water and mix again and cook on a slow flame
Add jaggery, remaining red chilli pdr, green chillies crushed and mix
Add the dough strips to the dal and simmer till the dhoklis are cooked well
Serve hot with ghee, chopped onion and lime juice.
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