Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, dal dhokli / spicy wheat flour sheets in lentil curry. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Dal Dhokli / Spicy Wheat Flour Sheets In Lentil Curry is a delicious dish made using in houses in Gujarat by cooking spicy wheat flour sheets in the left over Gujarati dal. It is enjoyed piping hot with a dollop of ghee on it. It is a complete one meal dish with a balance of carbs and proteins.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have dal dhokli / spicy wheat flour sheets in lentil curry using 33 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Dal Dhokli / Spicy Wheat Flour Sheets In Lentil Curry:
- Get For Dhokli (Spicy Wheat Flour Sheets)
- Make ready 2 cups whole wheat flour
- Make ready 2 tsp oil
- Get 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Prepare 1 tsp turmeric powder haldi
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- Get 1/4 tsp asafoetida hing
- Prepare As per taste salt
- Get 1 cup water approx
- Make ready As required wheat flour for dusting
- Prepare For Dal:-
- Make ready 1 cup Mixed Dal (toor dal , arhar dal, split pigeon peas)
- Prepare 2 tomatoes chopped
- Prepare 1 inch ginger grated
- Take 5 cups water or more if needed to adjust the consistency
- Prepare 3 tbsp jaggery or to taste
- Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Take 1 tsp pickle masala
- Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder haldi
- Get 2 tsp coriander cumin powder dhaniya jeera powder
- Prepare 2 tbsp peanuts
- Prepare 1 lemon juice
- Make ready 1 tbsp ghee leave some for serving
- Get For tempering:-
- Prepare 4 tbsp oil
- Make ready 1 tsp mustard seeds( rai)
- Prepare 1 tsp cumin seeds( jeera)
- Take 4 cloves
- Take 1 cinnamon
- Prepare 2 red dry chillies
- Get 1 tsp pickle masala
- Take 12 curry leaves
- Prepare 1/4 asafoetida( hing)
It is enjoyed piping hot with a dollop of ghee on it. It is enjoyed piping hot with a dollop of ghee on it. It is a popular dish in Gujarat and Rajasthan and is prepared mostly for lunch. Here is how to make it in a traditional Gujarati style.
Instructions to make Dal Dhokli / Spicy Wheat Flour Sheets In Lentil Curry:
- For Dhokli (Spicy Wheat Flour Sheets) - In a mixing bowl add whole wheat flour, oil, salt, asafoetida, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Mix well with your finger tips. Now add water as needed and knead into a soft dough.
- Put little oil and again gently knead the dough. Cover and keep the dough aside till the dal is cooked or for 30 minutes.
- For Dal - Wash and soak the toor dal/ arhar dal/split pigeon pea for 2 hours. Now after the dal is soaked well, put the dal in the pressure cooker pan and add chopped tomatoes and grated ginger. Put water around 2-3 cups to cook the dal. Close the pressure cooker with lid and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles on high heat and 2 whistles on low heat. Let the pressure cooker cook by itself.
- Once the pressure cooker is cooled, open the lid and blend the dal with the stick blender till smooth. Now put the blended dal in a big pot. Add around 5 -6 cups of water and add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander cumin powder, salt and pickle masala. Add peanuts in it.
- Add jaggery and mix well and put the dal to boil. The dal is boiling.
- Now prepare tadka (tempering). Heat oil in a small pan (vaghariyu). Add cloves and cinnamon. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds. When they crackle add dry red chilli and curry leaves. Mix well. Add asafoetida and pickle masala. Mix well.
- Pour the tempering over the boiling dal. Mix well and let the dal boil. Now simmer and let the dal boil.
- Meanwhile while the dal is boiling make the dhokli. Make around 6 big balls from the dough. Take one ball on a board and flatten it and dust it with wheat flour.
- With the help of rolling pin, roll into a very thin big circle of around 12 inch diameter. With a help of sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut the circle in small diamonds as shown or you can cut into squares. Remove the cut wheat sheets into a plate and dust the flour on top of the sheets. Similarly make wheat sheets with remaining balls.
- Now put the cut diamonds into the boiling dal one by one. (the dal should be boiling otherwise the wheat sheets will stick with each other). Add all the wheat sheets and let the dal boil for around 8-10 minutes or till the wheat sheets rise on the top of the dal. (If necessary add more water). Add lemon juice and ghee and mix well. The dal dhokli is ready to serve.
- Serve the piping hot dal dhokli with ghee and enjoy it hot!!.
Gujarati Dal Dhokli is a spicy, tangy, and sweet dish, while Rajasthani Dal Dhokli is a lot spicier than this Gujarati version of Dal Dhokli. In Rajasthani dal dhokli, dumplings are shaped into small discs using spiced dough. Whereas, in Gujarati Dal dhokli, rolled dough squares are used as dumplings. The ultimate comfort food, Dal Dhokli is a sweet, spicy and tangy lentil stew with freshly made whole wheat noodles cooked in the lentils. A hearty one pot meal from the Indian States of Gujarat and Maharashtra, where it is also called as Chakolya or Varan Phal.
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