Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, dhokar dalna (instant lentil cake curry). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lentil cakes are made from paste of mixed lentils and fried in oil. It takes some patience to make this dish and hence I rarely make it. However, when I do its an instant hit at our home. Making dhokar-dalna is a two step process.
Dhokar Dalna (Instant Lentil Cake Curry) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Dhokar Dalna (Instant Lentil Cake Curry) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook dhokar dalna (instant lentil cake curry) using 19 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Dhokar Dalna (Instant Lentil Cake Curry):
- Get 100 gm Instant Dhoka Mix
- Make ready 2 tsp ginger paste
- Get 1 tbsp Sabzi masala or Dum Aloo Masala
- Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
- Get 1/4 tsp Hing /asafoetida
- Get 1 tsp fennel seed powder
- Take 1/4 tsp garam masala
- Get 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
- Get 2 potatoes cubed
- Prepare 1.5 tbsp green peas
- Take To taste salt and sugar
- Prepare 3 tbsp mustard oil
- Prepare 1 tbsp malai or cream
- Get 1 tsp ghee
- Get 1 tomato chopped
- Make ready 1 tbsp tomato puree
- Make ready 1 tbsp coriander leaves chopped
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
But believe me this dish no doubt could give competition to high end spicy non vegetarian dishes. Hindu widows in Bengal spent highly… Lentil Cakes Curry or Dhokar Dalna is one of traditional Bengali cuisine. I have always seen my mom preparing Dhokar Dalna for the guests who are strictly vegetarian. This is a maincourse dish which goes well with hot rice or even parathas.
Steps to make Dhokar Dalna (Instant Lentil Cake Curry):
- Take the ready mix in a bowl and make a paste of it with 1/2 cup water.If using chana dal and matar dal,soak them overnight and grind and make a paste.Sprinkle fennel seeds,1 pinch hing and 1/2 tsp ginger paste.Also add salt to taste and pinch of sugar.Check salt content in ready mix.Then add if needed.Peel and cube potatoes.Steam or boil potatoes till nearly done.Heat 1 tbsp oil and sprinkle hing.Add the paste and toss till dry.Grease a plate and spread the dough.Cut into pieces.
- Heat oil and fry the potatoes.Then fry the lentil cakes till golden brown.Sprinkle cumin seeds and hing in leftover oil.When it crackles,add tomatoes and pinch of salt.Toss till soft.Add green peas and toss.Then add ginger paste,sabzi or aloo dum masala,fennel seed powder,tomato puree,turmeric,red chilli powder,salt and sugar to taste.Fry all.Add malai or cream and 1/2 cup water.Boil and add the dhoka or lentil cakes.Add 1/4 th cup water more as these cakes absorb water.
- Sprinkle chopped coriander and garam masala and toss.Serve Dhokar Dalna with steamed rice,jeera rice,luchi or any Indian flat bread.
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
I have always seen my mom preparing Dhokar Dalna for the guests who are strictly vegetarian. This is a maincourse dish which goes well with hot rice or even parathas. This preparation doesnot reqiure onion or garlic but yet lends out a wonderful taste. The lentil cakes themselves are very tasty once they are fried till. Dhokar Dalna - Bengali Fried Lentil Cakes In Tomato Gravy Dhokar Dalna is a popular Bengali vegetarian (Niramish) dish where mildly-spiced fried lentil cakes (dhoka) are simmered in deliciously seasoned and aromatic tomato gravy.
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