sindhi dal pakwan recipe
Ingredients
for pakwan preparation
- 1 cup all purpose flour(maida)
- ¼ cup wheat flour
- salt to taste
- a pinch of red chili powder
- ¼ tsp ajwain(carom seeds)
- salt to taste
- 2 tbsp oil in the dough
- 1 tbsp oil to knead the dough
- ½ cup water[approx] to prepare the dough
- oil for deep frying
dal preparation
- 1 cup chana dal soaked *check notes
- 2.5 cups water to pressure cook the dal
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 1 small tomato finely chopped
- salt to taste
- 1 medium green chili chopped
- ½ tsp ginger paste
- 1 tbsp oil
- ¼ tsp cumin
- 5-6 curry leaves
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
serving
- ¼ cup tamarind chutney
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
Instructions
pakwan preparation,
- take a large bowl and transfer the flours.
- add oil, salt to taste, carom seeds(ajwain) and a pinch of red chili powder. roughly mix.
- add water as required and prepare a soft dough( ADD WATER IN SMALL BATCHES)
- add some oil and knead the dough for 2 mins.
- take a medium size ball.
- flatten this ball to a medium thick circle just a paratha.
- prick the pakwan with a fork to prevent puffing up while frying.
- heat oil.
- once the oil is hot enough, slowly add pakwan and deep-fry the pakwans on medium flame.
- fry the pakwan until golden brown.
- keep aside.
dal preparation,
- In a pressure cooker, add soaked chana dal, water, chopped onions and chopped tomatoes.
- pressure cook it for 5 whistles on medium flame.
- after boiling,mash the dal a bit.
- heat oil in kadai.
- add cumin. add curry leaves as well.
- add boiled dal.
- add turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt to taste.
- also add green chilies and ginger.
- simmer the dal on medium flame for 15 mins.
- garnish with corinader.
- serve this dal with pakwan, tamarind chutney and chopped onion. Also serve green chutney if you like.
dal pakwan serving,
- firstly pour the prepared chana dal in a bowl and top with 1 tsp of green chutney and tamarind chutney.
- top dal with 2 tsp of chopped onion.
- enjoy pakwan with chana dal as dal pakwan.
