Friday, May 8, 2009

GUAJRATI DAL DHOKALI RECIPE


Ingredients:

250 grams tuver daal,
200 grams wheat flour,
3 green chilies
3 tbsp green chili paste
50 grams groundnut
25 grams cashewnut,
1 tbsp Turmeric powder
1 tbsp Mustard seeds,3-4 cloves
2 cinnamon, 2 tomatoes
1 tbsp Tamarind 100 grams brown sugar,
Salt To Taste,
1 tbsp Garam masala,
1 tsp Ajama 4-5 tbsp.Oil,
2 tbsp Red chili powder asafetida
1/2 cup cilantro leaves
3-4 tbsp. Ghee.


Preparation:


  • Shift wheat flour. Add salt, turmeric powder, ajama, red chili powder. Mix well. Add oil and knead the flour to roti like consistency.
  • Wash tuver dal and pressure cook it for three whistles.
  • Cool and remove the dal. Heat oil and ghee in a pot, then put cloves and cinnamon and then add mustard leaves.
  • When they crackle add curry leaves, green chilies and a pinch of asafetida. Pour tover dal.
  • Mix tamarind and brown sugar water, cashew nuts, groundnut, garam masala, red chili powder and mix well.
  • Add tomato pulp, turmeric powder, salt and 2 cups of water. Boil the dal. roll out big rotis and cut them into pieces and add these pieces in boiling dal.
  • Boil for 10 minutes and remove. Serve the dal dhokli warm. Sprinkle cilantro leaves.

Note : Prepare kachori of green peas or of any other vegetable or coconut and add in boiling curry.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

DAAL PARATHA RECIPE


Ingredients:

1 cup Wheat flour
2 tsp Oil
Salt To Taste
For the filling
1/2 cup Yellow moong dal
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1 pinch Turmeric powder
1 pinch Asafoetida
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
2 tsp Oil
Salt To Taste
Oil As needed

Preparation:

  • Sieve the wheat flour and knead to a soft dough by adding enough water. Keep aside.
  • Soak moong dal for one hour. Wash and drain all the water.
  • Cook the moong dal 1 cup of water.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds, asafoetida. Fry till they pop up. Add the cooked dal, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and mix well.
  • Cook until the dal mixture is dry. Let it cool.
  • Take some portion of dough , make a small puri. Put some moong dal stuffing in center. Close from all sides and roll again into thick, round paratha.
  • Heat a tawa ( griddle), put the daal ka paratha and cook on both sides by adding some oil.
  • Serve daal paratha hot with curry.