Potato Stuffed Dal Dhokli Recipe

Step 1: To prepare Potato Stuffed Dal Dhokli Recipe, get prep with all the ingredients mentioned and proceed with making the dumplings

Step 2: Start with sieving the flour with salt and knead into a semi-stiff dough with enough water

Step 3: Cover the dough with a lid and keep aside for 10-15 minutes

Step 4: Meanwhile prepare filling for dumplings

Step 5: Take boiled and mashed potato in one bowl, add salt to taste, chilli powder, turmeric powder, chopped coriander, Garam masala, lemon juice and sugar(optional)

Step 6: Mix all spices well into potato

Step 7: Make medium sized balls from the potato mixture

Step 8: Make about 10-15 equal small sized balls from the dough

Step 9: Roll out into 3-4 inches diameter roti base with a rolling pin, place the potato ball in center of roti

Step 10: This rolled out roti dough should be thinner, like the thickness of regular chapati

Step 11: Bring together all the edges in the center and join them

Step 12: Cover whole potato roll with roti, remove the excess dough if necessary

Step 13: Try to avoid thick covering around the stuffing

Step 14: Similarly, prepare 10-15 dumplings till all the filling is used up and cover with a plate

Step 15: For Lentil CurryTo make lentil curry, clean, wash and drain the lentils

Step 16: Combine the lentil, about 2 cups of water, & turmeric powder in a pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistles

Step 17: Combine the cooked dal and a cup of hot water in a tall mixing bowl and blend it well using a hand blender till smooth

Step 18: Add enough water and mix very well

Step 19: Place the mixture in a shallow frying pan on the flame and add turmeric powder, peanuts boiled, salt to taste, tomato, green chilli, ginger, lemon juice, & jaggery

Step 20: Mix well and cook on a medium flame for 10 to 15 minutes, while stirring occasionally

Step 21: Now add prepared dumplings gently into dal, and cook them for another 15 minutes, once dumplings are starting to come at top of dal, it is almost cooked

Step 22: Meanwhile, for the tempering, heat the oil in a small non-stick pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds, allow them to crackle

Step 23: When the seeds crackle, add the asafoetida, curry leaves, red chillies, cinnamon, cloves, bay Leaf and sauté on medium till aromatic

Step 24: Add this tempering to the dal, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally

Step 25: After adding tempering cook for 5 minutes and now it is ready to serve

Step 26: Serve Potato Stuffed Dal Dhokli Recipe along with Masala Khichia Recipe (Spicy Corn Flour Papad) for a meal in itself