Sindhi Dal Pakwan Recipe

Ingredients

For Dal

• 250 gm chana dal (adjust the quantity of dal and other ingredients according to your requirement)
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 5-6 of curry leaves (karipatta)
• One Small Onion
• One small tomato
• 1-2 green chillies
• 3 cups water
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 1-2 tsp oil

For Pakwan

• A pinch of asafoetida
• 2 cups All purpose flour (Maida)
• ½ tsp cumin seeds/Ajwain (caraway)seeds
• 2-3 tsp oil (Ghee is preferred)
• Salt to taste
• ½ tsp Red chilly powder
• Sufficient water to make a dough
• Oil for deep frying

Method

To Make Dal

1. Wash dal and soak it for an hour
2. Pour 1-2 tspn oil in a cooker and allow it to heat. Add hing, cumin seeds,curry leaves and chopped onion and fry for a couple of minutes.
3. Add grated tomato and fry it till cooked.
4. Add dal, turmeric powder and salt.
5. Add little water and close the lid of cooker
6. Wait for one whistle
7. Open the lid,check the dal,it should be tender but not mushy
8. While serving,sprinkle mango powder(Amchoor), chilly powder,coriander leaves and tamarind chutney and/or coriander chutney and chopped onions(optional)
9. Serve hot with crisp pakwans

To make Pakwan

1. Sieve the flour.
2. Mix the flour with the cumin seeds/Ajwain, oil(Ghee), salt and sufficient water and make a dough.
3. Dough should neither be too hard nor too soft.
4. Let the dough rest for 15 min.
5. Later, divide the dough into small portions.
6. Roll out a portion like a chapati
7. Prick the surface with fork/ knife, so that it don’t puff out (don’t forget to do this)
8. Heat the oil till smoking point ,Slide in the Pakwan and carefully fry it,on medium or low flame till it turns crisp and golden in color.
9. Serve with hot dal