Dal Dhokli
Dal Dhokli is a very famous Gujarati dish. Everyone loves this dish as it is very healthy, tasty, sweet, and tangy in taste and it is made of wheat flour dumpling and toor dal.
Breakfast Menu
It is a very popular dish in Gujarati cuisine and Maharashtrian cuisine. Marathi’s and Gujarati’s serve it as a morning breakfast. It is a combination of plain or spiced wheat flour dumplings simmered in toor dal (Gujarati special dal). It is a One-dish meal.
Many states of India prepare this dish. Gujarati’s call it as Dal Dhokli, Maharashtrian’s, call it is as Varan Phal/chakolya, people of UP and Bihar, call it as Dal Dulha or Dal Dulhan Or Dal pitthi.
Dal dhokli recipe is very easy to cook with very few ingredients. Wheat flour strips/ noodles/ diamond shape dhokli’s (as per individual’s choice) is immersed in Gujarati special dal for 10-15 minutes or till cooked.
Gujarati dal dhokli is a traditional dish. People enjoy in everyday meals. It is a combination of toor dal or arhar dal along with jaggery(Gur), salt, and heeng.
Steps
The steps to cook this dish are simple. With little extra effort one can cook this dish perfectly. You need to knead the wheat flour in a soft dough with the right proportion of water and wheat flour.
Once you have kneaded the dough, now allow it to rest for 10 minutes by covering it with damp cloth or with any lid. Heat Pressure cooker, add dal, salt, and heeng in the cooker and cook it for 10-15 minutes or upto four whistles or till the dal is soft and tender.
Now prepare small balls from the dough and roll into thin chapati. Cut your desired shapes out of this chapati and immerse these dumplings in the dal. Cook it for 10-15 minutes and serve hot
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Ingredients
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For Dal
- For Dhokli/Dumplings
- For Tadka
Instructions
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Method for cooking Dal
- Rinse and Wash the dal thoroughly. Try to use unpolished dal.
- Soak the dal for 30 minutes.
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Heat pressure cooker. Put dal in the cooker. Add salt, turmeric, and heeng. Cook for 4 whistles or till the dal is cooked properly. Keep aside.
Method for preparing dhoklis / dumplings
- Take a big vessel, add flour and Knead the flour by slowly adding water. The dough should be soft as you knead for chapatis. Cover it and keep aside for 10 minutes. You can add ajwain and turmeric also but that is optional.
- Make small balls from the dough and roll it to make thin chapati.
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Now cut the chapati with any round cutter to take out 4-5 round small chapatis.
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Then bring the sides together as shown in the image to make dhokli's. Prepare the rest of the dhoklis in the same way.
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Add the dhokli's in the dal and cook for 10 minutes. Check with the knife that the dhoklis are soft and tender.
Method for tadka/tempering
- Heat tadka pan, and add ghee. Once the ghee is hot, add cumin seeds, heeng, garlic, and red chilies. Saute for 1-2 minutes and pour it over the Dal Optional: You can add mustard seeds and curry leaves. For serving
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In a bowl pour the dal and dhoklis and garnish with coriander and serve hot. As per the taste you can serve chutney/ bharta alongside.
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