easy dal pakwan recipe | sindhi dal pakwan | sindhi breakfast recipes
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 40 minutes
- Total time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: Breakfast, Snack
- Cuisine: sindhi
Ingredients
for chana dal:
- 1 cup chana dal (soaked 1 hour)
- 4 cup water
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- 2 green chilli (slit)
- few curry leaves
- ½ TOmato (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
- ¼ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- ½ tsp pepper (crushed)
- ½ tsp aamchur / dry mango powder
- pinch asafoetida / hing
- ¾ tsp salt
- ½ tsp jaggery / gud
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
for pakwan (crispy poori):
- 1 cup wheat flour / atta
- 1 cup maida / plain flour
- ½ tsp pepper (crushed)
- ¼ tsp ajwain / carom
- ¼ tsp cumin / jeera
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp rava / semolina / suji
- 2 tbsp oil (hot)
- water to knead
- oil for deep frying
for serving:
- 2 tbsp green chutney
- 2 tbsp tamarind chutney
- ½ onion (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- 2 tsp coriander (chopped)
Method
- to serve, take chana dal in a bowl and top with 1 tsp of green chutney and tamarind chutney.
- also top with 2 tsp of chopped onion, a pinch of chaat masala and coriander.
- finally, enjoy pakwan with chana dal as dal pakwan.
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.