Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, dhokar dalna (instant lentil cake curry). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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, and trick themselves into believing the lentil cake, made flavourful with spices, coconut, peanuts, etc. Dhokar dalna Recipe (Lentil cakes curry). Dhokar dalna is another traditional Bengali vegetarian dish.
Dhokar Dalna (Instant Lentil Cake Curry) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Dhokar Dalna (Instant Lentil Cake Curry) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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
- Prepare 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp Hing /asafoetida
- Prepare 1 tsp fennel seed powder
- Take 1/4 tsp garam masala
- Get 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
- Get 2 potatoes cubed
- Make ready 1.5 tbsp green peas
- Get To taste salt and sugar
- Take 3 tbsp mustard oil
- Get 1 tbsp malai or cream
- Get 1 tsp ghee
- Take 1 tomato chopped
- Prepare 1 tbsp tomato puree
- Make ready 1 tbsp coriander leaves chopped
- Get 2 bay leaves
Dhoka in a bunch of Indian languages mean betrayal, but believe me the last thing Dhokar dalna does is to betray. 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. Dhokar dalna, or lentil cakes, are a staple of Bengali cuisine.
Instructions 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.
However, when I do its an instant hit at our home. Dhokar dalna, or lentil cakes, are a staple of Bengali cuisine. The lightly spiced lentil cakes are made from chana dal and dried peas with spicy chilis and a blend of warm spices. Then, they are fried and simmered in a gravy-like, cardamom-spiced sauce. Spiced Lentil Cakes in a gravy.
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