Gujarathi Dhal dhokali

I have a Gujarati friend. She served me Dhal Dhokli once. It was really different and good. This resembled Sambar sadam in which we have both sambar and sadam. This dish has both gravy and main dish in it. I tried her recipe and it came out well.

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 cup

Thoor dhal (thuvaram parupu) - 1/4 cup

Tomato - 1 medium sized

Ajwain(omam) - 1 teaspoons

Jeera -1 teaspoons

Ginger - 3/4 inch piece

Red chilly - 1 no

Turmeric powder - 2 teaspoons

Coriander powder - 3 teaspoons

Sugar/jaggery - 1 table spoon

Asafoetida - 2 pinches

Oil - 5 table spoons

Ghee - 2 table spoons

Salt - as needed

Coriander leaves - 2 table spoons

Curry leaves - 5 nos

Method:

1.Boil the thoor dhal in cooker when the thoor dhal in cooked pour it in a vessel which has thick bottom ,and 2 cups of water when it starts boiling add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder,crush ginger and add to it also add chopped tomato,allow it to boil.

2.Add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder,1 teaspoon of coriander powder,salt,ajwain and jeera to the wheat flour and mix them,then add oil and mix it well now add water and make like normal chapathi dough.

3.Now make thin chapathis and cut them into small pieces when the dhal is really boiling add the cut chapathi one by one ,remember to stir every now and then or the chapathi will stick to the bottom.

4.It takes like 10 mins for all the chapathi to get cooked,keep stirring.When the chapathi is cooked add corriander powder and sugar/jaggery.

5. In a small kadai heat the ghee when it i s hot add the mustard when it splatters add curry leaves ,asafoetida,red chilly and left over jeera, ajwain pour this in the dhal dhokali.

6.Allow it to warm dhal dhokali is good when served warm,when serving add the coriander leaves.

Dhal dhokali is ready