Ingredients

• 500g - channa dal
• 3 - chopped green chillies
• 1 - chopped onion (medium size)
• 1 tbsp - chopped ginger & garlic
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp -turmeric powder
• red chilli powder (according to your taste)
• 1 pinch - sugar
• salt
• 2 tsp - oil

How to Make Channa Dal Dhonka

• Take channa dal and soak it for at least 2 hours.
• Then wash the dal and put it in a mixer.
• Add a little bit of water for making a smooth paste.
• Now take a kadai on low flame and add 2 tsp oil.
• After heating the oil, add cumin seeds. When it starts to pop, add chopped onion, green chillies, ginger and garlic and cook it for a few seconds.
• Add dal paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and sugar and stir it until the paste doesn't stick to the kadai.
• Take out the dal paste and transfer on to a flat tray. Smoothen it out so that there are no bumps. Keep it in a freezer & cool it down.
• After 15-20 minutes take the tray out of the freezer. Cut the dal paste into pieces.
• Now take a deep frying pan, put enough oil for deep frying & keep it on a medium flame. When oil is ready, fry the pieces carefully till golden brown.
• Serve hot with sauce/ chutney.