Daal Dhokli

Name: Daal Dhokli
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4-5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Tuar Daal (Toor Daal / Split Pigeon Peas); 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1 tsp Bedgi Red Chilli Powder; 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder; 1 tsp Coriander Powder; 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder; 2 1/2 tbs Tamarind Extract; 8 tbs Jaggery (To be adjusted as per taste); 5 cups Water or as needed; to taste Salt; 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour; 2 tbs Besan (Chickpea Flour); 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder; 1 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1/4 tsp Ajwain (Carrom Seeds/Owaa); 1 cup Water or as needed; To Taste Salt; 2 tsp Oil; 4 tsp Homemade Ghee; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1/2 tsp Asafoetida; 4 Cloves; 2 sticks Cinnamon (1″); 10 Bor Marchaa; As needed Chopped Coriander leaves; As needed Homemade Ghee

Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

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Daal Dhokli is a delicious dish from Gujarati cuisine. It is made using daal (lentils) and soft dhoklis of whole wheat flour with some aromat spices. This is a comfort meal, which is quick to cook and totally satisfying.

This dish is almost a complete meal in itself, as it combines daal with whole wheat flour and is quite filling. Some even add raw peanuts to this dish while cooking the daal. Again, by choice one can sprinkle some chopped onions and tomatoes on the daal dhokli while serving, but the homemade ghee drizzled on top, itself gives it an awesome flavour.

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Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

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Ingredients

20 min

4-5 servings

1/2 cupTuar Daal (Toor Daal / Split Pigeon Peas)
1/2 tspTurmeric Powder
1 tspBedgi Red Chilli Powder
1 tspKashmiri Red Chilli Powder
1 tspCoriander Powder
1/2 tspCumin Powder
2 1/2 tbsTamarind Extract
8 tbsJaggery (To be adjusted as per taste)
5 cupsWater or as needed
to tasteSalt
For The Dhokli :
1 cupWhole Wheat Flour
2 tbsBesan (Chickpea Flour)
2 tspRed Chilli Powder
1 tspTurmeric Powder
1/4 tspAjwain (Carrom Seeds/Owaa)
1 cupWater or as needed
To TasteSalt
2 tspOil
For The Tempering :
4 tspHomemade Ghee
1 tspMustard Seeds
1/2 tspAsafoetida
4Cloves
2 sticksCinnamon (1″)
10Bor Marchaa
For Garnishing :
As neededChopped Coriander leaves
As neededHomemade Ghee

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Steps

20 min

1

For the Daal Dhokli, first soak the tuar daal in sufficient water for about an hour and a half.
2

Next, rinse it well at least thrice and transfer it to a cooking utensil.
3

Add the turmeric powder and water, a little above the level of the daal and cover with a lid.
4

Place the utensil in a pressure cooker and cook on high heat for about 3 whistles on high heat and then for 8-10 minutes on low flame.
5

When the pressure releases naturally, open the cooker and extract the daal.
6

Mash it well with a ladle and add the mentioned water, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, tamarind extract, jaggery and salt to taste.
7

Mix well and bring to a boil. Adjust seasoning as per taste.
8

In the meantime, knead the dough for dhokli with the mentioned ingredients and set aside for about 15 minutes.
9

Roll it into a disc of about 9″, slightly thicker than a phulka.
10

Cut it into to diamond shaped pieces and set aside.
11

Add these dhoklis to the simmering curry and increase the flame to medium. Stir very carefully.
12

After about 6-7 minutes of boiling, the daal will thicken and the dhoklis once cooked, will rise to the surface.
13

Check seasoning and adjust as required. Switch off the flame and set aside.
14

Heat a kadhai for tempering and add homemade ghee to it.
15

Add the mustard seeds and as soon as they splutter, add the asafoetida, cloves, cinnamon and bor marcha.
16

Pour it over the prepared daal dhokli and mix well.
17

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve it in individual bowls with a generous drizzle of homemade ghee!

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Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

on April 14, 2019 15:25

I am a home cook, and I like to cook traditional as well as fusion food. Learnt to cook by trial and error and lots of experiments, reading cook books and watching cooking shows whether Indian or from abroad! I like to be perfect in my work, and the same applies to cooking as well! I have a blog on WordPress.com https://tastyrecipesfrompooja.wordpress.com/ where I share the recipes of my home cooked food!