Dal Dhokli - Gujarati Recipes

Ingredients

For Dal

• 1½ cup Tuar Dal (pressure cooked and churned)
• 2 Tomatoes (chopped)
• ½ cup Groundnuts (boiled)
• ½ inch Ginger (chopped)
• 3 Green Chilies (slit)
• 4 Curry Leaves
• 1 tbsp Jaggery
• 1 tbsp Tamarind Pulp
• 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
• 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder
• ¼ tsp Asafetida Powder
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves (chopped)
• 1 tsp Desi Ghee
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 3 cups Water
• Salt to taste

For Dhokli

• 1½ cup Wheat Flour
• ½ cup Chana Dal Flour
• 1 tbsp Cumin Powder
• ¼ tsp Asafetida Powder
• ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
• 2 tbsp Oil
• ½ tsp Red Chili Powder
• Water (for kneading dough)
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Add all the ingredients required for dough in the bowl and knead the dough. It can be made smoother by adding a little oil after kneading. Keep it aside.
2. Now heat oil in a kadhai and put cumin seeds into it. When seeds start spluttering, add asafetida powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder and dal into the oil.
3. Fry them for a minute. Add water, salt, ginger, green chilies, curry leaves, tomatoes, jaggery, tamarind and boiled groundnuts to it. Now boil the dal on medium flame.
4. Now roll out chapattis of the dough.
5. Cut the chapattis into squares or diamond shape. Add them in the boiling dal and let them cook for 5 minutes.
6. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and little desi ghee.
7. Dal Dhokli is ready to serve.