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Bengali Dhokar Dalna Recipe

Bengali Dhokar Dalna Recipe

By Admin
Prep Time Total in 90 M
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Bengali Recipes
Diet No Onion No Garlic (Sattvic)

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. She makes amazing dhokar dalna.

Ingredients

  • For dhoka
  • 1 cups Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal)
  • 1 inch Ginger
  • grated
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
  • Salt
  • to taste
  • Sugar
  • to taste
  • 2 Green Chillies
  • 1/2 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
  • 2 tablespoons Oil
  • For the Gravy
  • 2 Potatoes (Aloo)
  • diced
  • 2 Bay leaves (tej patta)
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
  • 1 inch Ginger
  • grated
  • 2 Tomatoes
  • chopped
  • 2 Green Chillies
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander Powder (Dhania)
  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • 1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
  • Salt
  • to taste
  • Sugar
  • a pinch
  • optional
  • 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala powder
  • 2 teaspoon Mustard oil

Instructions

Step 1

To begin making Bengali Dhokar Dalna Recipe, we will first prepare dhoka i

Step 2

e the lentil cake

Step 3

Soak the chana for a few hours then grind it with ginger, chilli and little water into a paste

Step 4

Take a tablespoon of oil in a non stick pan add jeera, hing, the ground mixture, salt and sugar

Step 5

Stir it till the chana dal mixture dries and comes together

Step 6

Take a plate and grease it with some oil, put the mixture on it and pat down to spread evenly

Step 7

Let it cool down

Step 8

You can keep in fridge it will harden fast and you can cut pieces

Step 9

Cut in medium sized diamond shapes or any shape

Step 10

Grease a baking dish, place the dhokas on it

Step 11

Sprinkle little oil/brush them with oil and bake in oven at 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes

Step 12

The next step is to prepare the gravy

Step 13

Heat mustard oil in a kadai, add jeera and bay leaf

Step 14

 Add ginger paste and tomatoes

Step 15

Next, add jeera powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and sugar

Step 16

 Once the tomatoes turn mushy, add potatoes

Step 17

Add water, cover and cook the potatoes

Step 18

Once the potatoes are done, add the baked dhokas in the gravy

Step 19

Let it simmer for 2-3 minutes

Step 20

Sprinkle garam masala powder and a teaspoon of ghee and give it a stir

Step 21

Switch of the flame, cover and keep it for sometime for flavors to blend well before serving with steamed rice, or Serve Bengali Dhokar Dalna Recipe with Bengali Luchi Recipe or Methi Lachha Paratha Recipe for lunch

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