Dal Dhokli

A typical Gujrati Healthy and Tasty Preparation
Read this recipe in Marathi 
Servings: 2 to 3 Persons

Ingredients: 

For dhokli-
1½ cup wheat flour
1½ tspn sesame
¼ tspn carom seeds(ajwain)
¼ tspn coriander seed powder
¼ tspn cumin seed powder
½ tspn red chilly powder
½ tspn turmeric powder
1 tspn sugar
¾ tspn salt
For dal-
1 cup split red gram dal (tuvar dal)
A hand full of peanuts
1 green chilly
½ tspn turmeric powder
1 ½ tspn red chilly powder
3 tspn crushed jaggery
½ tspn coriander seed powder
½ tspn cumin seed powder
2-3 kokum
For tempering-
1 tbspn ghee,1/4 tspn mustard seeds,1/2 tspn cumin seeds,3-4 cloves,6-7 black peppercorns 1” cinnamon, 5-6 curry leaves,1/4 tspn asafoetida 

Method: 
1. Cook tuvar dal in pressure cooker until soft and tender. In cooker put peanuts and green chilly with dal. Then whisk cooked dal.
2. Add 6 cups water to the dal. Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, crushed jaggery, coriander seeds powder, cumin seeds powder, kokum and salt. Boil the mixture for 5-6 minutes.
3. Heat ghee in a small saucepan. Add mustard seed. Let it crackle. Add cumin seeds, clove, black peppercorn, cinnamon stick. Next add curry leaves and asafoetida. Give tadka to the dal.
4. For dhokli-
Sieve wheat flour with salt, sugar, sesame, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, cumin powder, coriander seeds powder, carom seeds, and 1tspn oil and make hard dough with water. Add water in small small quantities while kneading. Don’t make it very hard.
5. Rub a teaspoon of oil on dough evenly. Cover and set aside for minimum 30 min. It will help to soak all the ingredients.
6. Divide the dough in 3-4 balls. Roll out each into big circles. Don’t roll out very thin. Approximately maintain 2mm thickness. Cut each circles in rectangles.
7. Add dhoklis in dal. Boil it for 3-4 minutes. Make dal little watery. Because of wheat flour in dhoklis, dal will become more thick.
8. Serve dal-dhokli in a bowl. Put some ghee on top while serving.