Ingredients

• 1 cup - toor daal
• 1 tbsp - tamarind paste
• 2 cups - wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp - red chilli powder
• 1 tsp - dhania powder
• 1/4 tsp - turmeric
• 3 tbsp - oil
• Salt to taste
• For tempering:
• 1/2 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp - mustard seeds (rai)
• 2 - sliced green chillies
• 1 - sliced onion
• Pinch of asafetida )

How to Make Daal Ki Tikki

• Wash daal and add 2 cups of water, turmeric and salt to taste.
• Pressure cook daal for 4 whistles.
• Cool the cooker and stir daal well.
• Mix wheat flour, 1 tbsp oil and salt to taste.
• Knead a smooth dough.
• For tikkis, take small cubes from dough and roll them into circular shapes.
• Apply oil in the centre and fold it twice to give it a triangular shape. Repeat this to make about 8-10 tikkis.
• Add chilli powder, dhania powder, tamarind paste, 1 tsp oil to daal and bring it to a boil.
• Now add tikkis to daal one by one and place the lid of the pressure cooker.
• Pressure cook for about 10 mins.
• Cool the cooker.
• Heat oil and add cumin seeds and rai.
• When they splutter add onion and green chillies.
• When onions are golden brown, add a pinch of asafoetida and immediately pour it on daal tikki.
• Serve hot with pickles or green chilli chutney.