Gujarati Dal Dhokli Recipe
Gujarati Dal Dhokli
Dal dhokli is a Gujarati delicacy which is a one dish meal. Made with lentils and whole wheat, it is easy to prepare and is delicious. It is like a homemade pasta in lentils gravy. They are stomach filling and nutrisious at the same time. Now that the winter is aproaching this can make a satisfying and wholesome dinner meal packed with protein.
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients: -
For Dhokli
- Whole wheat flour (atta) dough 3/4 cup
- Gram flour / besan 2 tbsp
- Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
- Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp
- Asafoetida 1/4 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil 1tbsp
- Carrom seeds / ajwain 1/2 tsp (optional)
For Dal
- Split pigeon pea / toor dal / arhar dal 1/2 cup
- Peanuts 1 1/2 tbsp
- Amchur powder / dried mango powder or tamarind paste 1tbsp
- Jaggery / gur 4 tsp
- Ghee 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
- Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp
- Dry red chillies 2
- Asafoetida 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
- Ginger crushed 1 tsp
- Garlic crushed 2-3 cloves
- Curry leaves 5-6
- Oil 1 tbsp
- Fresh coriander leaves for garnishing
- Salt to taste
Gujarati Dal Dhokli
Method :-
- Mix all the ingreadents for dhokhli and knead in firm dough.
- Divide the dough in three equal parts and roll into a chapati.
- If you will rool it thin you won’t be able to drop them in the dal and when rolled thick, it will take more time to cook.
- cut the dhokli in diamond shape and keep aside.
- Cook the dal in a pressure cooker with some water, salt and tumeric powder until it get mushy .
- Add more water, peanuts, jaggery, ginger, garlic, amchur powderand cook in low flame for 5 mins
- drop the prepred dhoklis and cook for 15-20 min more in low flame.
- Take a pan and add oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida red chillies and curry leaves add this tarka, ghee and corriander leaves to the dal dhokli before serving.
