Dhal Dhokri

Name: Dhal Dhokri
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp ajowan seeds; 100 g gram flour; 2 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed oil plus more for kneading; 100 g chapatti flour; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp turmeric; 1 batch dhal

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

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Biting Biting

By Urvashi Roe

Published 2022

About

This is a very popular Biting. Dhokri are pappardelle-like dumplings that you can cook in dhal. We used to have this on days Mum was running late from work because it’s an easy standalone meal which takes next to no time to rustle up while the dhal is cooking and is very filling.

Ingredients

100 g gram flour
100 g chapatti flour
2 tbsp

Asia
India
Main course
Gujarat
Vegetarian

Method

To make the dhokri, simply combine the gram and chapatti flours, oil, turmeric, salt and ajowan seeds with around 50–70 ml just-boiled water in a bowl. Rub your hands with oil and then knead the dough for three minutes until it’s smooth.

Divide into two balls and then roll each one o