Easy Dal Bhat Chokha Recipe | Dal Chawal Chokka
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 1 minutes
- Cook time: 14 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: lunch
- Cuisine: bihari
Ingredients
for pressure cooking:
- ½ cup toor dal
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cup water
- ½ cup basmati rice
- 1 cup water
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ghee
- 3 potato
- 2 tomato
for dal tempering:
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp cumin
- 5 cloves garlic (sliced)
- 1 inch ginger (chopped)
- pinch hing
- 2 dried red chilli (broken)
for aloo chokka:
- tomato
- ½ onion (finely chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 2 chilli (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)
- ½ tsp salt
Method
- Firstly, in a pressure cooker take ½ cup toor dal, ½ tsp turmeric, 2 tsp oil, 1 tsp salt and 2 cup water.
- Place a bowl, add ½ cup basmati rice, 1 cup water, ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp ghee.
- Also place 3 potato, 2 tomato and pressure cook for 4 whistles.
- Once the pressure settles down, keep the rice and aloo aside.
- Mash the dal and tomato smooth, also add 1 cup water and mix well.
- Boil for 2 minutes and adjust the consistency as required.
- In a pan heat 2 tbsp ghee. Add 1 tsp cumin, 5 cloves garlic, 1 inch ginger, pinch hing and 2 dried red chilli.
- Splutter the tempering, and pour over the dal. Mix well.
- Dal Bhat is ready to serve.
How to make aloo chokka:
- First, roast 1 tomato on direct flame.
- Roast all the sides until the tomato is cooked well.
- Peel the skin of aloo and tomato.
- Mash the aloo and tomato with your hand.
- Also add ½ onion, 1 inch ginger, 2 cloves garlic, 2 chilli, 2 tbsp coriander and ½ tsp salt.
- Mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- Aloo Chokka is also ready.
- Finally, enjoy Dal Bhat Chokha with Chawal.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.