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Dal Dhokli is a sweet, spicy, tangy lentil based with wheat flour dumplings from Gujarati cuisine. It is a popular dish and made regularly in most households. It is a comfort food and holds a special place in every Gujarati’s heart. It is ideal to serve for lunch or brunch.

Being a South Indian, it was not made at home. Chapathi was prepared regularly and dal was quintessential but dal dhokli was hardly known to us. I had heard from friends about it. The past few years has seen a shift and different kind of cuisine are liked at home. it is now made regularly, at least twice in a year.  It makes a tasty food when we are bored of the usual routine cooking. 
Dal Dhokli is a healthy, filling, no onion garlic, vegan meal which you can make with ingredients easily available at home. A simple, filling, tasty dish which makes a good food by itself. It is filling and the goodness of lentil makes a wholesome diet.

Coming to the Gujarati cuisine, I have shared couple of recipes here. Dhokla is a family favourite, I keep making a variety of them. Oats Dhokla, Millets Dhokla, Corn Dhokla are some of them. Tri-colour dhokla recipe  will be posted soon, watch out this space. Thepla makes a good breakfast option and make it atleast once in a month. Khakhra is a crispy, savoury snack  ideal to store at home. I have also shared cabbage and methi muthiya recipe earlier. Among the sweets, I have ABC Halwa and Sukhdi. 

dal dhokli

Ingredients :

For the dhokli :

1/2 cup wheat flour
2 tsp chickpea flour
1/4 teaspoon ajwain
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/8 teaspoon asafoetida
1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
salt
water

For the dal:

1/2 cup tur dal / pigeon pea/ yellow dal 
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1.5 cup water
2 tablespoon groundnut
2 teaspoon oil
1/2 teaspoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon cumin
2 red chilli
1 green chilli
a few curry leaves
1/2 inch ginger
1/2 teaspoon sugar
salt
water as required

Method: 

1. Wash the dal and keep it a pressure pan with three times the water in it. Add a pinch of turmeric powder. In another bowl, put the peanuts and cook them together in a pressure cooker. Let it cook for three whistles. Allow the pressure to release by itself. The dal should be well cooked. Give a stir and keep it aside.
2. Take a wide bowl, put the ingredients for dhokli except water.Give a mix. Now, add little water at a time and make a stiff dough.Keep it covered for sometime. 
3. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds as it crackles, put cumin. Then add pieces of  red chilli, curry leaves and slit green chilli. Give a mix, put the dal to it. Add salt and sugar. Put the cooked peanuts to it. Adjust the consistency, the dal should be of a thicker consistency. But since, you will be boiling it, you can add some water to it. 
4. Make three balls of the dough, roll them into chapathi and cut them into rectangular shaped pieces. As you cut it, put a few into the dal which is kept on the other side of the stove. Repeat for the rest of the dough. 
5. Add the dhoklis with a time interval, lest they may stick together and form a lump. Let it boil for sometime. Keep stirring in between. 
6. You can garnish with fresh coriander and lime juice. It is best served hot. 
7. Dal Dhokli is ready to serve. 

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Dal Dhokli

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Dal Dhokli is a sweet, spicy, tangy lentil based with wheat flour dumplings in it. It makes a good lunch menu.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course: brunch, lunch

Cuisine: Gujarati

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

  

For the dhokli

• 1/2 cup wheat flour
• 2 tsp chickpea flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ajwain
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon asafoetida
• 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
• salt
• water

For the dal:

• 1/2 cup tur dal / pigeon pea/ yellow dal
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1.5 cup water
• 2 tablespoon groundnut
• 2 teaspoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 2 red chilli
• 1 green chilli
• a few curry leaves
• 1/2 inch ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• salt
• water as required

Equipment

• pan, ladle, rolling pin, bowls, serving spoon

Method

 

1. Wash the dal and keep it a pressure pan with three times the water in it. Add a pinch of turmeric powder. In another bowl, put the peanuts and cook them together in a pressure cooker. Let it cook for three whistles. Allow the pressure to release by itself. The dal should be well cooked. Give a stir and keep it aside.
2. Take a wide bowl, put the ingredients for dhokli except water.Give a mix. Now, add little water at a time and make a stiff dough.Keep it covered for sometime.
3. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds as it crackles, put cumin. Then add pieces of  red chilli, curry leaves and slit green chilli. Give a mix, put the dal to it. Add salt and sugar. Put the cooked peanuts to it. Adjust the consistency, the dal should be of a thicker consistency. But since, you will be boiling it, you can add some water to it.
4. Make three balls of the dough, roll them into chapathi and cut them into rectangular shaped pieces. As you cut it, put a few into the dal which is kept on the other side of the stove. Repeat for the rest of the dough.
5. Add the dhoklis with a time interval, lest they may stick together and form a lump. Let it boil for sometime. Keep stirring in between.
6. You can garnish with fresh coriander and lime juice. It is best served hot.
7. Dal Dhokli is ready to serve.

Dal Dhokli

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