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DHOKAR DALNA Recipe

My family's heritage recipe is "Dhokar Dalna" .This heirloom recipe had been passed down from generation to generation. My Grandma made this tastiest dish for us whenever we visited her. In this recipe, she cooked dal paste till it became a solid lump.Then it was set on a greased thali and cut into barfis where it was cooked in array of spices to make a flavourful dish. But before that grandma would grind dal on flat grinding stone manually. The process would take long. It was truly backbreaking work, but she did it with so much patience and passion, uncomplainingly. I cannot comprehend from where so much strength came to those hands! But now the story is different, with the presence of mixer and grinder the work has become much easier now. We follow her recipe and prepare it often specially on occasions and festivals. To get that authentic taste, we neither changed any ingredients nor the procedure. We rather like to stick to her original recipe and enjoy the dish year after year.

  • Prep time:
  • 30 minutes
  • cook time:
  • 15 minutes
  • serves:
  • 4

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Vegetarian

Level : Moderate

Cuisine : Indian

Course : Mains

Recipe Notes

Fry the dhokas or the cubes till golden brown. Otherwise it will crumble or become soggy when put on hot gravy for boiling. You may cut the dhokas into any desired shapes.

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Ingredients

Ingredients For DHOKAR DALNA Recipe

Methods
  • 1. Soak chana dal for 4 hours. Wash and strain it.
  • 2. Grind with salt and sugar to a fine paste.
  • 3. Heat oil in a pan then add the dal paste. Cook till dry.
  • 4. Grease a dish with little oil. Spread the dal mixture evenly on the dish. Cut into cubes.
  • 5. Heat oil in a pan. Deep fry the cubes in oil.
  • 6. Take them out from the pan.
  • 7. Add cumin seeds, bay leaves and whole dry red chillies. Fry for 2 seconds.
  • 8. Now add chopped tomatoes, ginger paste, and all the dry masalas except garam masala powder.
  • 9. Add salt and sugar. Stir it well till the oil separates from the masalas.
  • 10. Add 1 and a half cup of warm water and let it boil for 5 minutes.
  • 11. Then add fried cubes or “DHOKAS”.
  • 12. Lastly, add garam masala powder and clarified butter.
  • 13. Cover it and cook for 1 more minute.
  • 14. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
  • 15. Serve hot with rice.
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Something different, never heard of. Will try this but can we eat this with chapati?

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