Dal dhokli is a very popular Gujarati delicacy which is made up of lentils (toovar dal) and wheat flour dumplings. It is a very satisfying and healthy one pot meal. Chef Ruchi Bharani brings you the easy to make, homemade recipe of dal dhokli.
Ingredients: 1 cup toovar dal boiled and churned 1 1/2 tbsp. cumin seed powder 1 1/2 tsp. red chilli powder 1/2 tsp. turmeric coriander leaves 6-8 dried kokums salt jaggery to taste 1 cup peanuts
For Dhokli: 1 cup wheat flour 1/2 tsp. red chilli powder turmeric salt asafoetida 1 tbsp. ghee
Method:
To make dal: - Pressure cook 1 cup of toovar dal with some water and then churn it with a hand blender. - Heat a little bit of ghee and add some mustard seeds, cumin seeds, few round gorria chilies, few cinnamon sticks, cloves, curry leaves and asafoetida into it. - Add the toovar dal to the above ingredients and mix them properly. - Put some red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander and cumin seed powder, salt and 2 cups of water into it and mix them well. - Add a couple of jaggery cubes (as per taste) and a few dried kokum to the dal and let it boil for 7-8 minutes.
To make dhokli: - Take some wheat flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, asafoetida, salt, ghee and water in a bowl. - Mix all the ingredients and knead a dough. - Wet your palm and press over the dough to prevent it from drying out and let the dough rest for 15 minutes. - Make a big ball of the dough, dust it in some dry wheat flour and roll it into a thin roti. - Cut the roti into small square pieces and sprinkle some dry flour over them.
- Drop the dhoklis in the centre of the boiling dal, stir them well and cover the vessel with a lid to let it boil for 12-15 minutes. - Keep stirring in between to prevent the dhoklis from sticking to each other. - Add some coriander leaves to the dal and dal dhokli is ready to be served. - To garnish, put some boiled peanuts, finely chopped onions and squeeze some lemon juice in it.
