East Indian

Dhuska (Fried Rice-Lentil Savory Pancake)

Name: Dhuska (Fried Rice-Lentil Savory Pancake)
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: East Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup rice, soaked; 1/2 cup chana dal, soaked; 1 potato, boiled and mashed; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 green chilies; 1 tsp grated ginger; 1/4 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp salt; 3 cups mustard oil, for deep frying

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Dhuska (Fried Rice-Lentil Savory Pancake) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

40 min Medium Heart healthy Diabetic friendly Low sodium Vegetarian Pescatarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 cup rice, soaked
1/2 cup chana dal, soaked
1 potato, boiled and mashed
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 green chilies
1 tsp grated ginger
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 tsp salt
3 cups mustard oil, for deep frying

How to cook it

Soak the rice and chana dal together for at least 4 hours, then drain.
Grind the rice and dal with the green chilies, ginger, and a little water into a thick, slightly coarse batter, similar to a pakora batter.
Mash in the boiled potato, then stir in the cumin seeds, turmeric, and salt, and let the batter rest for 15 minutes.
Heat the mustard oil for deep frying in a kadai until hot.
Ladle spoonfuls of the batter into the hot oil, flattening each gently into a thick disc, and fry until deep golden and crisp on both sides, about 4 minutes per batch.
Drain on paper towels and serve hot with ghugni or aloo dum.

Watch how to cook Dhuska (Fried Rice-Lentil Savory Pancake)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Serve it with

A East Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Dhuska (Fried Rice-Lentil Savory Pancake), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The sharp little thing
- Coconut Chutney
  
  15 min

A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Dhuska (Fried Rice-Lentil Savory Pancake) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Dhuska (Fried Rice-Lentil Savory Pancake)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 290 kcal
Protein: 7 g
Carbs: 30 g
Fat: 16 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 330 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Dhuska (Fried Rice-Lentil Savory Pancake) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.