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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. Dhokar Dalna Recipe is a Bengali Niramish recipe.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook dhokar dalna using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Dhokar dalna:
- Make ready 1 cup Chickpea
- Take 1/2 cup green moong
- Take 1/2 cup rajma
- Make ready 1 inch Ginger, grated
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- Take 1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
- Prepare to taste Salt,
- Prepare to taste Sugar,
- Make ready 2 Green Chillies
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
- Get As required Cooking oil
- Prepare 2 Potatoes (Aloo), diced
- Make ready 2 Bay leaves (tej patta)
- Get 2 Tomatoes, chopped
- Get 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- Take 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
- Prepare 1 tsp Garam masala powder
- Get As required Ghee
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. This recipe is called Dhokar Dalna. Small cakes made of chana dal are first steamed, fried and the simmered in a spicy gravy. So, check out the recipe for Dhokar Dalna and give it a try.
Instructions to make Dhokar dalna:
- To begin making Bengali Dhokar Dalna Recipe, we will first prepare dhoka i.e the lentil cake. Soak the pulses for a few hours then grind it with ginger, chilli and little water into a paste.
- Take a tablespoon of oil in a non stick pan add jeera, hing, the ground mixture, salt and sugar.
- Stir it till the pulses mixture dries and comes together.
- Take a plate and grease it with some oil, put the mixture on it and pat down to spread evenly. Cut in medium sized diamond shapes or any shape.
- Let it cool down. You can keep in fridge it will harden fast and you can cut pieces.
- Grease a baking dish, place the dhokas on it. Sprinkle little oil/brush them with oil and bake in oven at 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
- The next step is to prepare the gravy. Heat oil in a wok, add cumin and bay leaf. Add ginger paste and tomatoes.
- Next, add jeera powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and sugar. Once the tomatoes turn mushy, add potatoes. Add water, cover and cook the potatoes.
- Once the potatoes are done, add the baked dhokas in the gravy. Let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Sprinkle garam masala powder and a teaspoon of ghee and give it a stir.
- 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 Luchi.
Home » Recipes » Dhokar Dalna. How to make Dhokar Dalna -. Bengali specialty of spicy potatoes and split Bengal gram. About Dhokar Dalna Recipe: A delicious Bengali treat, Dhokar Dalna has fried chana dal cakes marinated along with potato cubes dipped in a thick gravy of cumin seeds, hing. Dhokar Dalna is a Bengali book which is written by Buddhadeb Guha.
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