Dal Dhokli - Easy To Make Homemade Gujarati Main Course Recipe By Ruchi Bharani
- 10 years ago
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 Seasoning:
2 tbsp. ghee
curry leaves
3 cinnamon sticks
1 tbsp. mustard seeds
3 cloves
asafoetida
1-2 round gorria chillis
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.
Director: Vaibhav Dhandha
Camera: Kawaldeep Singh Jangwal, Manjeet Kataria
Editing: Sagar Bamnolikar
Creative Head: Kavya Krishnaswamy
Producer: Rajjat A. Barjatya
Copyrights: Rajshri Entertainment Private Limited
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 Seasoning:
2 tbsp. ghee
curry leaves
3 cinnamon sticks
1 tbsp. mustard seeds
3 cloves
asafoetida
1-2 round gorria chillis
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.
Director: Vaibhav Dhandha
Camera: Kawaldeep Singh Jangwal, Manjeet Kataria
Editing: Sagar Bamnolikar
Creative Head: Kavya Krishnaswamy
Producer: Rajjat A. Barjatya
Copyrights: Rajshri Entertainment Private Limited