Gakar (गाकर) with Spicy Daal

December 04, 2011

Gakar (गाकर) with Spicy Daal

Hmmmm so I am back to add some more spice to the blog. After a busy Saturday afternoon , I was all set to make the evening equally happening with the aroma of spices and thought of filling the platter with an off-beat variety . I had already decided what and all i am going to cook . It was a perfect combination of an authentic Maharashtrain dish plus a spicy punch from 'hamara INDORE' and a dessert (recipe already shared) to add some relief after the spicy and chatpata dinner. The dinner consisted of : GAKAR with Spicy Daal , Kharda (खरडा)-a special variety of chutney & Garadu(गराडू) , a root which is also called Yam is a very popular in Indore and a 'must have' in winters. So here comes the recipe.I will also post the next blog about Garadu which happens to be my all time favorite too :-))

Ingredients :

For GAKAR :

Wheat Floor (bit coarse) - 2 cups (also called as जाड़ा आटा)
Oil- 2 tbspn
Carom Seeds (अजवाइन )- 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil for shallow fry

For Daal :

Tuar (तुअर दाल) - 1 katori

Garlic Cloves - 4-5

Green Chillies (finely chopped) -3

1 medium onion- finely chopped

Cumin Seeds - 1 tbspn

Salt and Red Chilli Powder -as per taste

Oil for Tadka - 2 tbspn

Finely Chopped Coriander for garnishing

Serves : 4

Time to prepare : 40 mins

Method :

For Gakar :

Make a dough mixing all ingredients with water. Remember not to knead it too soft . The dough has to be like the one we knead for Puri.
Make flat tikkis taking small portions from the dough and make a thumb-size impression gently in the center of the tikki.
Make all tikkis and keep them aside.
Heat a tawa and put some oil on it.
Arrange all the tikkis and cover it for 5-7 minutes keeping the flame on medium.
Turn the sides and cook for another 5 minutes.

So now that Gakar is ready , we will make a spicy daal . You can also opt for a Katti-Meethi daal with some garam masala to it.

Spicy Daal:

Mix1 glass water and some turmeric powder with daal and pressure cook for 10 minutes.
Take a pan and add oil and heat it.
Add crushed garlic cloves, cumin seeds, chopped chillies and onions. Saute till brown.
Add chilli powder ( or कांदा-लसून मसाला ) and cooked daal.
Add water to give it a consistency .
Add salt to taste and garnish it with chopped coriander.

While serving, I had crushed the Gakar and had garnished it with the topping of daal .You can also add some pure ghee to add a desi aroma to it. This is how the platter looked :

So try it and give a treat to yourself on a lazy weekend as i am quite sure that one would like to have a nap after having this sumptuous thali :-)) Happy Cooking !!!

Chandana Mungre Kashid

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