3/29/2018 Dal Pakwan ~The most famous Sindhi Breakfast

Sindhi Dal Pakwan Recipe

Author: Alka Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 45 mins Total time: 1 hour 5 mins

Sindhi Dal Pakwan Recipe

Ingredients
For Dal
250 gm chana dal
One small onion
One small tomato
5 green chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
5-6 of curry leaves (karipatta)
3 cups water
½ tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1-2 tsp oil
A pinch of asafoetida
For Pakwan
2 cups All purpose flour (Maida)
½ tsp cumin seeds/Ajwain (caraway)seeds either or both
3 tbsp 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,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. Heat 1 tsp of oil in another pan and prepare a tempering of Cumin seeds and curry leaves.Add the
tempering to dal. Let it simmer for a while.
9. While serving,sprinkle mango powder(Amchoor), chilly powder,coriander leaves and tamarind
chutney and/or coriander chutney and chopped onions(optional)
10. 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 10-12 small portions.
6. Roll out each 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.
Recipe by Sindhi Rasoi |Sindhi Recipes at http://sindhirasoi.com/2008/10/dal-pakwan-the-most-famous-sindhi-breakfast/

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