Dal Dhokli

Dal Dhokali is one of the traditional dish of people leaving in Gujarat.It is generally prepared with dals (lentils) and wheat flour as base ingredients . It has a soft texture dhokali submerged in a semi thick gravy of dal and has mild sweet ,spicy and sour taste. Apart from being easy to prepare , healthy Delicious and stomach filling.This Dal Dhokali is capable of carrying entire meal on its own,which means it can be served all by itself as a one pot-meal .

Ingredient.....

1. Toovar dal /Split pigeon peas-1cup( boiled )
2. Peanuts 1/4th cup (boiled) 
3. Whole wheat flour 3-4 cups 
4. Chopped garlic 8-10
5. Coarsely grounded ginger garlic paste
6. oil 2 tbsp
7. cumin seeds/jeera 1 tsp
8. mustard seeds /mohri 1 tsp                                      
9. whole red chilly 5-6
10. hing a pinch
11. curry leaves 6-7
12. Turmeric 1 tsp
13. Red chilly powder 1 tsp
14. Coriander powder 1 tsp                               
15.  Kokam 5-6
16. Jaggery /gul half cup
17. Salt to taste
18. Water as required
19. Butter for serving 
20. Grated coconut and Chopped coriander leaves 2-3 tb - sp

Pictorial recipe
  

Heat oil in a kadhai.

Add jeera/cumin seeds to it.

Add mohri /mustard seeds.

Add chopped garlic.

Add ginger garlic paste (coarsely ground).

Saute.

Add in whole red chilies.

Turmeric /haldi powder .

Coriander powder and hing / asafoetida.

Red chilly powder.

Add in cooked and blended toovar dal along with the peanuts.

Salt to taste.

Kokam.

Jaggery /Gul.

Knead a regular chapatti dough using whole wheat flour.

Roll in to a big roti.

Cut into desire shapes.

I had cut it into  square shape.

Adjust the consistency by adding warm water to the gravy . Gravy should be in running/thin consistency , because when we add dhokalis all the water is going to be absorbed by dhokalis while cooking making it thick.

check for boiling dal (gravy).

Increase the flame and add in the dhokalis only in the high boiling dal/gravy to avoid lumps forming afterward .

Add in the next batch . Stir occasionally.

Gravy  starts thickening .Stir in between to avoid lumps.

Add in grated coconut and chopped coriander leaves.

Cook for 5 min

Serve hot Dal Dhokalis with butter on it.

Enjoy....!