Daal Pithi Recipe
A vegetarian Bihari recipe with whole wheat flour, water - as required, masoor dal (whole). Ready in 35 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
Instructions
15 steps- 1
To begin making the Daal Pithi recipe, knead the wheat flour with water and make a smooth dough
whole wheat flour(1 cup)water - as required - 2
Make small balls (bit smaller than a size of cherry tomato) and roll the balls into thin round shapes with the help of rolling pin
- 3
Fold from half to form a dumpling or a bowl shape dimsums
- 4
Similarly, roll all the dough and keep them aside
- 5
In a pressure cooker, add water and lentils
water - as required - 6
Bring them to a boil
- 7
Once it is done, add cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and ginger garlic paste
cumin powder (jeera)(1 tablespoon)coriander powder (dhania)(1 tablespoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1 tablespoon)red chilli powder(1 tablespoon)ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)cloves garlic - chopped(4)cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - for garnish - 8
Let them boil for 10-15 minutes
- 9
Once they have boiled, add the prepared dough dumplings
- 10
Put on the cooker lid
- 11
After 2 whistles, remove it from the hob and let it cool down
- 12
While the ingredients in the cooker is getting cooled, prepare the tempering or the tadka
- 13
Heat a tadka pan and all the ingredients mentioned under ‘For tadka’
- 14
Once done add the tadka to the cooked Lentil soup and garnish it with coriander leaves
coriander powder (dhania)(1 tablespoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - for garnish - 15
Serve Daal Pithi on its own Kachumber Salad for a delicious weekday dinner
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Daal Pithi Recipe
A vegetarian Bihari recipe with whole wheat flour, water - as required, masoor dal (whole). Ready in 35 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
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Directions
15 steps- 1
To begin making the Daal Pithi recipe, knead the wheat flour with water and make a smooth dough
whole wheat flour(1 cup)water - as required - 2
Make small balls (bit smaller than a size of cherry tomato) and roll the balls into thin round shapes with the help of rolling pin
- 3
Fold from half to form a dumpling or a bowl shape dimsums
- 4
Similarly, roll all the dough and keep them aside
- 5
In a pressure cooker, add water and lentils
water - as required - 6
Bring them to a boil
- 7
Once it is done, add cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and ginger garlic paste
cumin powder (jeera)(1 tablespoon)coriander powder (dhania)(1 tablespoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1 tablespoon)red chilli powder(1 tablespoon)ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)cloves garlic - chopped(4)cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - for garnish - 8
Let them boil for 10-15 minutes
- 9
Once they have boiled, add the prepared dough dumplings
- 10
Put on the cooker lid
- 11
After 2 whistles, remove it from the hob and let it cool down
- 12
While the ingredients in the cooker is getting cooled, prepare the tempering or the tadka
- 13
Heat a tadka pan and all the ingredients mentioned under ‘For tadka’
- 14
Once done add the tadka to the cooked Lentil soup and garnish it with coriander leaves
coriander powder (dhania)(1 tablespoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - for garnish - 15
Serve Daal Pithi on its own Kachumber Salad for a delicious weekday dinner
Rate this recipe
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