Ajay Chopra
Dal Pakwan is a popular Sindhi breakfast dish. Chef Ajay Chopra brings the recipe of this Sindhi delicacy to your kitche ... Read More
Preparation Time
10-15 Min
Cooking Time
10-15 Min
Meal Type
breakfast
Difficulty
MEDIUM
For Dal Pakwan
1 cup all-purpose flour (maida)
salt to taste
1 tbsp carom seeds
oil
1 cup chana dal
1 cup moong dal
turmeric powder
whole red chilli
red chilli powder
roasted cumin powder
dry mango powder
ghee
chopped onion
chopped green chillies
tamarind chutney
lemon juice
ginger
In a bowl add all-purpose flour, salt, carom seeds, oil, and mix well.
Add water accordingly. Make a hard dough out of it. Pour oil over it and knead well.
Roll out the dough into thin sheets, shape them as you desire. Pierce the fork into the dough and make holes.
Deep fry them in medium hot oil.
Soak chana dal and moong dal. Boil them in a pressure cooker with salt, turmeric powder and whole red chilli.
Now in a pan, cook for a while until moong dal is completely mashed.
Add red chilli powder, dry mango powder, and roasted cumin powder.
Pour over hot ghee and give it a nice tempering.
Take a plate, place pakwan, dal, chopped onions, coriander, tamarind chutney, chopped green chilli, ginger, lemon juice and serve.
Dal Pakwan is a popular Sindhi breakfast dish. It is so popular that the Sindhi community celebrates Dal Pakwan Day!
Pakwan is a deep-fried, crisp, flatbread made with all-purpose flour and carom seeds. Dal is made with Bengal gram lentil and yellow lentils. The flatbread is crispy and crunchy and the dal is lightly spiced.
The crispy deep-fried pakwan, served with lightly spiced yellow dal, chopped onions, chopped green chillies and tamarind chutney is a heavenly combination.
