Dal Dhokri

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Dough
Ingredients
  • ½ cup Wheat flour
  • ¼ cup Gram flour
  • ¼ cup Corn meal (fine)
  • ½ tsp Salt (or to taste)
  • ½ tsp Ground coriander/cumin mix
  • ½ tsp Ajmo
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • ¼ tsp Red chili powder
  • ⅛ tsp Turmeric
  • ½ tsp Green chilies (crushed)
  • ½ tsp Garlic (crushed)
  • ½ tsp Ginger (crushed)
  • 1 tbsp Oil
Instructions
  1. Mix the flours, add oil and rub.
  2. Combine the remaining ingredients and make a smooth firm dough using cold water.
  3. Cover and set aside.
Dal
Ingredients
  • ½ cup Tuvar dal (wash)
  • 1 tbsp Raw peanuts
  • 2 Tomatoes (cut chunks)
  • ½ tsp Cumin seeds
  • ¼ tsp Fenugreek seeds
  • 2 cups Water
  • 1½ tsp Salt (or to taste)
  • ½ tsp Ground cumin
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric
  • ¾ tsp Red chili powder
  • 2 tbsps Gor (or to taste)
  • 1 tbsp Ginger (crushed)
  • 2 tsps Lemon juice
Instructions
  1. In a pressure cooker, add dal along with peanuts, tomatoes, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds and water.
  2. Pressure cook on high for 7 whistles, about 10 minutes.
  3. Turn off heat, let cool before opening.
  4. Blend dal, add water for desired consistency.
  5. Add the remaining ingredients, stir.
  6. Heat dal on low.
Tempering
Ingredients
  • 2 tbsps Oil
  • 2 tsps Ghee
  • 2 Dry red chilies
  • ¾ tsp Muatard seeds
  • ¼ tsp Fenugreek seeds
  • 4 Cloves
  • 1 inch Cinnamon stick
  • 10 Curry leaves
  • ⅛ tsp Asafoetida (hing)
Instructions
  1. In a saucepan, heat oil and ghee on medium and add red chilies.
  2. When it browns, add cloves, cinnamon, mustard and fenugreek.
  3. When crackled, add curry leaves and hing.
  4. Carefully pour the prepared dal.
  5. Bring to a boil then simmer on low heat.
  6. Divide dough into 3 parts.
  7. Take 1 part and roll into a 10 inch diameter circle, using flour for dusting.
  8. It should be a little thicker than roti.
  9. Cut into diamond shapes, about 1½ inch.
  10. Repeat with the remaining dough.
  11. Drop diamonds individually into the dal.
  12. Add hot water if the dal is too thick.
  13. Cook on low heat until the dhokri is soft and cooked.
  14. Garnish with finely chopped green coriander.