Warm, richly spiced, and built for a satisfying meal, dal pakwan recipe | sindhi dal pakwan | sindhi breakfast recipes is a vegetarian sindhi breakfast, snack made with chana dal, water, and ghee / clarified butter in about 50 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
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.
