Recipe

Dal Dhokli

Recipes/Dal Dhokli

Traditional Gujarati one-pot meal with spiced wheat dumplings in dal

Prep

20 min

Cook

35 min

Serves

6

Level

medium

Ingredients

  • 1 cup toor dal
  • 1 cup wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp jaggery
  • 1 tbsp tamarind paste
  • 2 tbsp peanuts
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • Ghee for tempering

Method

  1. 1

    Cook dal with turmeric, jaggery and tamarind until soft.

  2. 2

    Make a stiff dough with wheat flour, turmeric, chili powder, oil and salt.

  3. 3

    Roll thin and cut into diamond shapes.

  4. 4

    Drop dhokli pieces into simmering dal one by one.

  5. 5

    Add peanuts and cook for 15 minutes until dhokli are cooked through.

  6. 6

    Temper with ghee, mustard seeds, cumin and curry leaves.