Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, dhokaar dalna. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Dhokaar Dalna is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Dhokaar Dalna is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Dhoka'r dalna is a typical Bengali niramish (without onion and garlic) delicacy. The word 'dhoka' means 'betrayal', so this dish is common on days when families eat a vegetarian fare, and trick themselves into believing the lentil cake, made flavourful with spices, coconut, peanuts, etc., is actually meat! 🤷🏽 It is a rather typical Bengali treat, cooked for guests and special occasions. Fry Potato in the remaining oil after sprinkling little salt and turmeric powder until those turn Golden Brown in color. In a Pan heat two tablespoon Oil and.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have dhokaar dalna using 22 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Dhokaar Dalna:
- Prepare For grinding:(dhoka/lentil cakes)
- Take 1 cup Chanaa Daal / Bengal Gram
- Make ready 3-4 Green Chillies(more or less as per your taste)
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Get 1 inch ginger peeled and grated
- Make ready For gravy/dalna:
- Prepare 1 large potato peeled and cubed
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida powder(hing)
- Prepare 1/2 inch ginger peeled and grated
- Take Oil for deep frying+ 2 tablespoon extra
- Take 2 cups water
- Make ready 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- Make ready 2 Bay leaves
- Take 1/2 cup yogurt/fresh curd
- Get 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- Take 1.5 teaspoon turmeric powder(use less if desired)
- Get 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- Get to taste Salt
- Take 1 tablespoon ghee
- Prepare 2 Purée of tomatoes
- Prepare 4-5 chopped coriander leaves
Dhokar Dalna is a signature Bengali vegetarian dish. It is lentil cake made using chana dal which is traditionally fried and simmered in a satvic gravy i.e. a gravy without onion and garlic. I have learnt the recipe from my mother. I have baked the dhoka instead of frying them to make it healthy and they taste as good as ever.
Steps to make Dhokaar Dalna:
- Wash and soak daal overnight.
- Next day, along with green chilies, salt, ginger, grind the daal to a fine paste(without much water if possible)
- Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan and temper with cumin seeds, a pinch of asafoetida and ginger paste. saute for 2 minutes
- Now add the ground daal to the pan and cook until the mix oozes /separates oil
- Once done, transfer the mixture onto a greased plate.
- To help cool faster, flatten the mixture using a spooon/spatula
- Once cool enough, the mixture would turn harder
- Cut into cubes or desired shapes using a sharp knife
- Heat oil for deep frying and fry the lentil cakes (Dhokas)until crisp
- Drain them on a kitchen tissue for a few minutes, while you deep fry the potatoes until golden brown using the same oil
- Keeping about 4 tablespoon oil in the pan now, temper with bay leaf, cumin seeds and the remaining asafoetida powder
- Add tomato puree and saute for 2 minutes
- Meanwhile,mix the curd with dry spices(turmeric,red chilli,coriander)in a cup separately
- Now add the curd paste to the gravy and saute the masala at low heat until it separates oil
- Add the fried potatoes,salt to taste and water. Bring to a boil
- Cook till potatoes have softened
- Add garam masala, fried dhokas and ghee. Mix gently
- Cover and let simmer for a couple of minutes to let the dhokas soak in the flavours of the gravy
- Once done, transfer into a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves
- Serve warm with rotis/pooris/rice-Daal, etc
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
I have learnt the recipe from my mother. I have baked the dhoka instead of frying them to make it healthy and they taste as good as ever. Dhokar dalna is a very popular Bengali delicacy which is being carried forward from the era of our forefathers since a very long time. The process might have been improvised as the time progressed but the underlying essence still remained the same. The diamond shaped dumplings made of chana dal is called dhoka and dalna means a rich gravy.
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