Recipe: Perfect Gujarati Dal dhokli

Gujarati Dal dhokli. Dal dhokli is a Sunday morning delight in most traditional Gujarati households! A perfect combination of spiced whole wheat flour dhoklis simmered in Gujarati dal, traditional Gujarati dal dhokli can be classified as a sumptuous one-dish meal, but you could also serve it with rice to make it all the more tasty and wholesome. While dal is cooking, prepare dough for dhokli.

Gujarati Dal dhokli 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. One of the closest friends of my mom is a Gujarati. You can have Gujarati Dal dhokli using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Gujarati Dal dhokli

  1. Prepare 75 gms (1 cup) of Spilt pigeon peas(Toor Dal).
  2. Prepare 100 gms of Wheat flour.
  3. Prepare 3 tbsp of Gram flour.
  4. It's 1 tsp of Mustard seeds.
  5. Prepare 1 tsp of Mix herbs-Nigella seeds,Fenugreek seeds,Cuminseeds,Feenel seeds.
  6. You need 1 tbsp of turmeric.
  7. It's 1 tbsp of carom seeds.
  8. Prepare 1-1/2 tbsp of coriander powder.
  9. Prepare 1/4 tsp of asafoetida.
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp of pickle powder.
  11. You need to taste of salt.
  12. Prepare 1 tbsp of green chili ginger paste.
  13. It's 2 tbsp of jaggery.
  14. It's 8 of curry leaves.
  15. Prepare 2 tbsp of boil corn seeds.
  16. Prepare 2 tbsp of raisin seeds.
  17. You need 3 tbsp of boil peanuts.
  18. It's 15 of boiled almonds.
  19. It's 2 tbsp of cashew nuts.
  20. Prepare 2 of lemon.
  21. It's leaves of as required coriander.
  22. You need 1 of small cup tomato sauce.
  23. It's 2 tbsp of walnut kernels(tukda),.
  24. You need 2 tbsp of chopped dry dates.
  25. It's of as required Oil.
  26. Prepare of as required water.

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.

Gujarati Dal dhokli instructions

  1. Prepare all ingredients. Wash and rinse spilt pigeon peas(toor Dal), peanuts and almonds. Soak it in separate bowls for 30 minutes..
  2. Make dhokli dough by combining wheat flour, gram flour, chili powder, salt, turmeric, asafoetida, carom seeds and 2tbsp oil. Add required amount of water and knead it until dough becomes soft. Cover & keep dough aside for few mins..
  3. In pressure cooker add soaked dal, salt and turmeric. Cook it on medium flame until dal becomes soft. Also take soaked peanuts, almonds, corn in a separate bowl and boil it..
  4. Blend cooked daal and add 4 cups of water and mix it well. Turn on gas and heat 1tbsp oil, 1tbsp ghee in a pan. Once oil and ghee are hot, add mustard seeds, mix herbs. Let it crackle. Then add curry leaves, dry red chili, asafoetida, coriander powder, stir fry for few seconds, add chili powder, pickle sambhar masala. Now add cooked Dal and mix it well. Add salt, green chilli ginger paste, tomato sauce, 1 lemon juice and jaggery. mix it well and boil it..
  5. Add peanuts, almonds, raisin, cashew nuts, walnut kernels, corn and dry dates to dal..
  6. Take small dhokli dough and Dust it with wheat flour. Roll it into chapati, cut into diamond/circle/pithi (as shown in below picture)shape..
  7. Once daal starts boiling, add dhoklies few at a time, stir in between so that they don’t stick, cook for 8-10 minutes. If the Dal thickens add hot water, mix well, off the flame..
  8. Daldhokli is ready to serve. Garnish it with some boil peanuts, cashews, almonds, raisins,finely chopped onion, coriander and lemon slice..
  9. Serve it hot. Enjoy delicious daldhokli with plain rice and 1tbsp of ghee..

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. Dal Dhokli is traditional delight Gujarati food. Dal dhokli is comfort, delicious, healthy recipe. Major Gujarati household made during holidays and for many family, it is sunday delight.

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