Koraishutir Dhokar Dalna (Green Peas & Lentil Cake Curry)
About Koraishutir Dhokar Dalna (Green Peas & Lentil Cake Curry)
รขโฌหDhokar Dalnaรขโฌโข is one the most popular and well accepted vegetarian dish in Bengali cuisine. It is nothing but lentil cake curry with some very regular spices. Since green peas are still available in market I thought of making some รขโฌหdhokaรขโฌโข with รขโฌหkoraishutiรขโฌโข or green peas.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups Green Peas fresh or frozen, or peas for making the dhoka koraishuti or green peas รข
- 1/2 gm Cholar Dal Or Bengal Gram รโฌโ รยฝ Cup soaked cholar dal or bengal รข
- 1/2 tsp Nigella Seeds or jeera kalo jeera or รข
- 1 pinch asafoetida or hing or hing รข
- 1 piece Ginger รข
- 1 Green Chillies รข
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala รข
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder or cumin roasted cumin รข
- 1 tsp Sugar รข
- 1-2 tsp Salt or as per taste
- 3 tsp Mustard Oil รข
- 1 pinch asafoetida or curry, or hing for making the curry or hing รข
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds รข
- 1 Bay Leaf รข
- 1 Red Chillies whole dry รข
- 1 tbsp Ginger Paste รข
- 1/2 cup Tomato Puree รข
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder รข
- 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder รข
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder รข
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder รข
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala รข
- 1-2 tsp Salt or as per taste
- 1/2 tsp Sugar รข
- 2 tsp Mustard Oil รข frying the dhoka
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Instructions
- Soak Bengal gram over night or for 3-4 hours and then grind it into a smooth paste. Keep aside. Grind green peas too adding ginger and green chilli.
- Heat oil in a kadai and temper the oil with nigella seeds and hing. Next add ground gram paste and green peas paste. Start cooking on low fire. Stir continuously else the whole mix will stick to the bottom of the pan.
- When the mix start to dries up add all dry masalas, sugar and salt. Cook on low fire till the mix start to release from the sides of the pan and you get a nice aroma.
- Take a rectangular or square pot and grease with a little oil. Now pour the cooked mix in it and level it with the spatula. Let it cool completely.
- When it cools down completely cut them into square or diamond shape. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai or pan and fry these cakes till they become nice brown and crisp on outside. Take out from oil and keep aside.
- Take another kadai and put 2-3 tsp of oil. You can use the oil in which you have fried the รขโฌหdhokasรขโฌโข. Add cumin seeds, bay leaf and dry whole red chilli.
- Next add ginger paste. When the raw smell of ginger goes off add tomato puree. Next add all the dry masalas except garam masala powder and cook till oil start to appear on sides.
- Add 2 cups of water and let it boil for 3-4 minutes. Add garam masala powder and chopped coriander.
- Arrange the fried lentil cakes or รขโฌหKoraishutir Dhokaรขโฌโข in single layer in a serving bowl And pour the gravy on it.
- Let the รขโฌหdhokasรขโฌโข soak in the gravy for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Serve with steamed rice or roti.
Recipe Notes
Notes:
~ You may substitute Bengal gram paste with gram flour or besan.
~ Do not boil the lentil cakes in the gravy. There are chances of breaking. Prepare the gravy and fry the ‘dhokas’ separately. Combine them at the time of serving.
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This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Such a beautiful dish! Can’t wait to try it.
This looks so appetizing! Thank you.
This is so tempting! Thank you.
Perfect dish! Can’t waitรย toรย cookรย it.