Dhokar Dalna Thali

Vegetable Curry
Jul 07, 2018
Moumita Ghosh
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As it is Thursday, in most of the Bengali household, pure vegetarian food is being cooked, without onion and garlic. As almost at every household, Goddess Laksmi is being worshiped. But at our place there is no such rule to be followed. But after having fish almost everyday, I've decided to cook pure vegetable food for our lunch. And in Bengali vegetarian menu, Dhokar Dalna or Chana Dal Lentil cake curry takes a very important roll. It is little time consuming dish though, but after after having this, you will be able to understand the effort and time was absolutely worth it. As the highlight of the dish is 'Dhokar Dalna', so I've named this thali after this dish only. The thali contains :

Bhat
Aloo bhaja
Papad baja
Mochar Ghonto
Sabji die muger dal
Dhokar Dalna
Kancha Aamer chatni
Misti doi

Vegetable Curry - Sep 25, 2014

Mochar Ghonto

My mom and my Mom-in-law both have different ways to make this curry. So I decided to share my Mom-in-law's recipe today, as her version I liked the most. My mom-in-law is vegetarian, so I adopted her vegetarian recipe, and my mom's non-vegetarian recipe, which I'll post later. In this vegetarian version Black Chickpeas & Scraped Coconut are added, which makes this curry even more delicious. So here is the recipe.

Dal Or Indian Lentil - Nov 19, 2014

Sobji Dal

Sobji means "Vegetable". Vegetables are called Sobji in Bengali language. Sobji Dal is, when Mung Dal or Small Yellow Lentil is cooked with chopped vegetabes. This is a very healthy and comfort food. This dal can be served to any aged person. In winter, there are lots of fresh vegetables are available in the market, like carrot, cauliflower, green peas, beans etc. They tastes so good and healthy too. This dal is cooked with the winter's fresh vegetables.

Dal Or Indian Lentil - Jul 27, 2018

Dhokar Dalna

<p>Dhokar dalna is one of the oldest recipe of Bengali cuisine. This is a vegetarian dish very much popular to the Bengali. This is kind a fried lentil cake, dipped in thick tomato ginger based gravy. In Bengali cuisine, onion & garlic are strictly not allowed in vegetarian dishes. So tomato and ginger plays the main role here, and tempered with whole garam masala, and lastly ghee & garam masala paste added to enhance the aroma. The finishing touch of this kind of recipes are called 'Santal Dewa', means tempering. I know, tempering should be at the start of any dish, but in Bengali cuisine, it comes at the end. So the aroma or tempering lasts till it is consumed.</p>

Chutney - Apr 11, 2014

Kancha Aamer Chutney

This chatni should be sweet & spicy, thick and sticky like consistancy. Lots of sugar is used to make this chatni. And at the end some roasted ground spices are added to make it little spicy. My mom-in-low is an expert making this kind of chatnies. She tought me how to make sticky tasty chatni. Today I'm going to share my mom-in-law's recipe of "Sweet & Spicy Green Mango Chatni". Here it is............

Beverages - Jun 01, 2017

Dhokar Dalna Thali

Mochar Ghonto

Sobji Dal

Dhokar Dalna

Kancha Aamer Chutney

Bengali Misti Doi