Name: Dhokar Daalna recipe by Bidisha Chatterjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Arhar daal - 1/2 cup; Chana daal - 1/2 cup; Green chilli - 2; Ginger - 1 inch piece (one); Tomato - 1 fine paste; Ginger - 1 tbsp fine paste; Jeera powder - 1 tbsp; Haldi powder - 1 tsp; Garam masala powder - 1 tsp; Diced potatoes (optional for the gravy); 1 tbsp of mustard oil

Ingredients Serving: 6

Arhar daal - 1/2 cup
Chana daal - 1/2 cup
Green chilli - 2
Ginger - 1 inch piece (one)
Tomato - 1 fine paste
Ginger - 1 tbsp fine paste
Jeera powder - 1 tbsp
Haldi powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Diced potatoes (optional for the gravy)
1 tbsp of mustard oil

Instructions

Soak daal overnight. Blend it into a fine paste with ginger and green Chilli.
Saute the paste in a tbsp of oil in a Kadhai till it leaves the surface.
Add haldi powder and salt according to taste.
Spoon the daal dough on a greased plate and cut it into the shape of a barfi.
Shallow fry them and keep aside.
For the gravy add a tbsp of mustard oil. Temper with a pinch of hing and jeera.
Blend in jeera, tomatoes, chilli, ginger to a fine paste and saute till oil separates.
Add haldi powder, salt, a tbsp of sugar and keep stirring till oil separates adding water to make a gravy like consistency.
Add the fried daal vadaas (dhoka - as we call it) and simmer for 5-10 mins.
Finally add garam masala and a tbsp of ghee and cover with a lid.
Switch off the gas.
Garnish with coriander leaves, green chilli and serve hot.
Enjoy with steamed rice.

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