🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Dal Pakwan

Name: Dal Pakwan
Prep time: 38 min
Cook time: 19 min
Total time: 57 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; 2 tbsp Ghee; 1 cup, rinsed Yellow Lentils (Toor Dal); 2 cups All-Purpose Flour; 1 tsp Black Pepper

🇮🇳 Indian

Sindhi chana dal with crackling pakwan, Sunday breakfast of Hyderabad-Sind exiles. Soft-centred, blistered and buttered; bread as daily ritual. Pile in a basket lined with cloth and let everyone grab.

Prep 38 min Cook 19 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Cumin Seeds1 tsp
Ghee2 tbsp
Yellow Lentils (Toor Dal)1 cup, rinsed
All-Purpose Flour2 cups
Black Pepper1 tsp

Instructions

1
Mix the flour(s) with salt, then add water slowly, kneading 8-10 minutes to a soft, springy dough that springs back when poked.
2
Rest the dough, covered with a damp cloth, for at least 30 minutes — gluten relaxes, rolling gets easier.
3
Portion the dough, stuff and pinch the seams closed, then roll with a feather touch so nothing bursts.
4
Cook the first side dry, the second side with ghee, and finish directly on the flame for the puff.
5
Brush with butter or ghee, stack in a cloth to keep steam-soft, and serve immediately.

Chef's tip

Rest the dough or it will fight you at the rolling pin.

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Video: Sindhi Dal Pakwan | Perfect Sindhi Breakfast in 30 Minutes! | Chef Vicky Ratnani · on YouTube