Recipe: Appetizing Daal Dhokli (Gujarati Dish)

Daal Dhokli (Gujarati Dish). Dal Dhokli is an all-time favourite dish made in Maharashtra and Gujarat, in which strips of wheat flour dough are cooked in a tongue-tickling dal. The traditional Gujarati dal dhokli recipe is quite lengthy yet the outcome is tasty and amazing and worth every effort. Dal Dhokli is a spicy, sweet, one-pot meal, prepared by simmering whole wheat flour bits in a lentil-based motley perked with spices.

One of the closest friends of my mom is a Gujarati. It is a traditional dish of Guajarati cuisine generally prepared with dals (lentils) and wheat flour as base ingredients. It has soft textured dhokli submerged in semi thick dal like lentil gravy and has mild sweet and spicy taste of aromatic spices and crunchy peanuts. You can have Daal Dhokli (Gujarati Dish) using 35 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Daal Dhokli (Gujarati Dish)

1. You need of pressure.
2. Prepare of Arhar dal (toor dal or split pigeon peas).
3. Prepare of Peanuts.
4. You need of Water.
5. It's of dough:.
6. It's of Whole wheat flour (Chapati atta).
7. Prepare of Besan (gram flour) optional.
8. You need of Turmeric powder.
9. Prepare of Red chilli powder.
10. Prepare of hing.
11. It's of Ajwain (Carom seeds).
12. You need of salt.
13. Prepare of oil.
14. It's of Water.
15. It's of dal dhokli recipe:.
16. It's of Water.
17. Prepare of Red chilli powder.
18. Prepare of Turmeric powder.
19. It's of Tomato chopped.
20. Prepare of Green chilli slit.
21. Prepare of Ginger paste or freshly grated or crushed.
22. You need of Jaggery (Gur) Salt to taste.
23. Prepare of Lemon juice.
24. It's of Cilantro or coriander leaves finely chopped.
25. You need of Tempering (Tadka):.
26. You need of Oil.
27. It's of Mustard seeds.
28. Prepare of Cumin seeds.
29. You need of Fenugreek seeds (Methi dana).
30. It's of clove.
31. Prepare of Cinnamon stick.
32. It's of bay leaf.
33. Prepare of Dried red chilies broken into two pieces.
34. Prepare of Curry leaves.
35. Prepare of small pinch Hing (Asafoetida).

Dal dhokli recipe - a traditional Gujarati one pot meal dish that is made by simmering wheat flour dumplings in thin gujarati dal. In this dal dhokli recipe, dal is exact same as Gujarati khatti meethi dal. While dhokli is made from whole wheat flour aka chapati atta. Dough is made from atta with few spices.

Daal Dhokli (Gujarati Dish) instructions

1. Pressure cooking the dal: Wash toor dal under running cold water till water runs clear. If you have time then soak in enough water for 15-20 minutes. Or you can skip the soaking step. It will be fine. Take dal into the pressure cooker. Add 1 cup of water..
2. Now take a small piece of muslin cloth, put peanuts in it and tie it. Make a ‘potli’. Put into pressure cooker. Alternately, go for an easy method. Add peanuts into a steel katori or glass and put into the cooker. Cover with the lid, put the weight on. Turn the heat on medium. Let it cook for 6-7 whistles. Then turn off the stove..
3. Let the pressure go down by itself. making the dough: While dal is pressure cooking, make the dough for dhokli. Take all dry ingredients listed under 'the dough' in a bowl. Mix well. Add oil and rub it with your finger till everything is incorporated well..
4. Now start kneading the dough by adding little water at a time. Make smooth and little stiff dough. Keep it aside covered for 15 minutes. After the dough resting time, divide the dough into 2 equal portions. Make smooth ball out of it and flatten it between your palm..
5. Making dal dhokli recipe: Now the dal should be cooked, open the lid of the pressure cooker. Remove the peanuts potli, open it and keep boiled peanuts aside. Now add 2 cups of water to the dal and blend it using immersion hand blender. Now add red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt..
6. Mix and add ginger paste, green chilies and tomatoes. Add jaggery and mix it. Turn the heat on medium. Bring the dal to boil. Making the tadka: Heat the oil in a small tadka pan on medium heat..
7. Once hot add mustard seeds. Let them pop. Then add cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds. Let them sizzle a bit. Now add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves and dried chilli. Saute for 30 seconds. Lastly add curry leaves and hing. Immediately add the tempering to the simmering dal and stir..
8. Add lemon juice and boiled peanuts. Mix it. And let simmer on low-medium heat. making dhokli: Work with one flatten disc at a time. Roll it into about 12-inch diameter circle. Transfer it to a plate, cover it with a clean kitchen towel. Roll the same with second dough ball..
9. Now take one rolled circle on the board, using knife cut into diamond shapes. Now add two-three dhokli at a time into boiling dal and stir it. So they do not stick to each other. If you add all dhokli at once they will stick and make a big clump..
10. So make sure to add few at a time and after adding stir it once. Then add few more and stir. Continue till all the dhokli are added. Let it simmer for 10-12 minutes and don’t forget to stir in between..
11. If needed add some more water. Taste one dhokli piece and if it is cooked mean you don’t feel raw then switch off the stove. Lastly add chopped coriander leaves and mix..

Dal Dhokli is a traditional Gujarati dish. This recipe consists of spicy whole wheat uncooked roti pieces simmered into dal and cooked to perfection. Dal dhokli has a mild sweet and spicy flavor. Dal dhokli also makes a delightful one dish meal. Dal Dhokli is an extremely popular one-pot dish where spiced whole wheat flour dumplings are simmered in the cooked and tempered toor dal (split pigeon pea).