Ingredients

• For dal:
• 1.5 cups - toor dal (pressure cooked and churned)
• 2 - tomatoes (chopped)
• 1/2 cup - groundnuts (boiled)
• 1/2 inch - ginger (chopped)
• 3 - green chillies (slit)
• 4 - curry leaves
• 1 tbsp - jaggery
• 1 tbsp - tamarind pulp
• 1 tsp - red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp - turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp - asafoetida powder
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp - coriander leaves (chopped)
• 1 tsp - ghee
• 1 tbsp - oil
• 3 cups - water
• Salt to taste
• For dhokli:
• 1.5 cups - wheat flour
• 1/2 cup - chana dal flour
• 1 tbsp - cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp - asafoetida powder
• 1/4 tsp - turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp - oil
• 5 tsp - red chilli powder
• Water (for kneading dough)
• Salt to taste

How to Make Traditional Dal Dhokli

• Add all the ingredients required for dough in the bowl and knead the dough.
• It can be made smoother by adding a little oil after kneading.
• Keep it aside.
• Now heat oil in a kadhai and put cumin seeds in it.
• When seeds start spluttering, add asafoetida powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and dal into the oil.
• Fry for a minute.
• Add water, salt, ginger, green chillies, curry leaves, tomatoes, jaggery, tamarind and boiled groundnuts to it.
• Boil the dal on medium flame.
• Now roll out chapattis with the dough.
• Cut the chapattis into squares or diamond shape
• Add them to the boiling dal and let them cook for 5 mins
• Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and little desi ghee