Soak overnight (for 10-12 hours) 100 gms Chhola dal (Bengal gram dal) and 100 gms Motor dal. Once it is soaked well, grind to a fine paste. If ground in a grinder, mix spices into the paste in an anti-clockwise direction, mix in salt, sugar, and chili powder. Add a tiny piece of hing, mix well. In a pan heat two tablespoons of oil, add the mixture and saute well. Do not dry the mixture too much, and wait till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan. Keep a plate smeared with oil ready and spread the mixture making it firm from all sides. With a knife cut into diamond-shaped pieces. In a clean pan, heat enough oil to deep-fry the diamond-shaped Dhokas. Fry over high heat. If the heat is less, the Dhokas may break. Keep the fried dhokas aside. This should make 20 dhokas.
For the curry
Ingredients:
- Potatoes, diced into large pieces
- Masalas (powder or made into paste):
- Turmeric
- Jeera (Cummin) seeds
- Ginger
- Chili
- Garam MasalaGaram Masala is a combination of three spices - Chhoto Elach (green cardamom), Labanga (cloves) and Daru Chini (cinnamon). These three spices are ground into a powder or pressed to make into a paste. It is generally applied at the end of a preparation, and mixed well. The quantity depends...
- Salt, Sugar, Oil
- GheeThis is the oily substance obtained from cream of milk. If full cream milk is used at home, everytime the milk is boiled a thin layer of creamy substance accumulates on the surface. If this material is heated. an oily liquid comes out. This is ghee - which is then...
- for PhoronPhoron means a collection of spices used to add aroma to food. To apply Phoron at the start of a cooking, take a little edible oil in a pan, heat it, and sprinkle the said spices on the oil. Stir till the spices are fried, and stop before they turn...: Jeera (whole cummin seeds), Tejpata (Bay leaves).
To a small amount of oil, add the phoronPhoron means a collection of spices used to add aroma to food. To apply Phoron at the start of a cooking, take a little edible oil in a pan, heat it, and sprinkle the said spices on the oil. Stir till the spices are fried, and stop before they turn... of cummin seeds and bay leaves. Add the diced potatoes and fry well. Add Masalas (powder or paste) to the fried potatoes and cook till the oil separates. Add water enough for the potatoes to boil and keep some gravy. After the potatoes are done, add sugar and one teaspoon tomato sauce, ghee, garam masala and bring to a boil. Add the fried dhokas and remove from fire.