This one pot dish that is flavored with a variety of spices and condiments making it delicious as well as completely wholesome
A pot of soupy dal(lentil soup) becomes the cooking liquid for the dumplings. The flour in the dumplings thickens the dal quite a bit and makes it into a saucy pasta-like dish
It is called Dal Dhokli –
Dhokli is made exactly the same way as the Dumplings but with whole wheat flour and spices:

Ingredients:
2 cup whole wheat flour
1/3 tsp turmeric
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp asafetida (optional)
2 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp cumin or carom seeds
salt to taste

Method for making dumplings:
Mix whole wheat flour with salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin or carom seeds, asafetida, oil and sufficient warm water to knead into a smooth dough. Roll it out into a big 1/2cm thick disc and then cut it into papparadelle pasta sheets.

Ingredients for dal:
1 cup green moong dal(split green mung beans)
1 tbsp. toor dal(split yellow lentils)
1 tbsp. channa dal(split and hulled bengal gram lentil)
10-12 cups water
Salt to taste
1 tsp. dhania (coriander seed powder)
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
3 tbsp. ghee(clarified butter)
1/2 tsp. each cumin & mustard seeds
1/8 tsp. asafetida
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1 stalk curry leaves
2 green chillies slit lengthwise
1/4 tsp. cinnamon-clove powder
1/2 tsp. garam masala
1 lemon juice extracted
1 tbsp. corriander leaves (cilantro) finely chopped

Method for making dal:

Soak lentils for 1hour in water. Then drain water.Use a large deep saucepan for cooking the lentils.Add water, add turmeric, salt and coriander powder to the lentils. Once the dals start to boil add the dhoklis in it slowly one by one. The simmering will slowly come down as you add the dhoklis . Do not stir once the dhoklis are inside, or else they might break! Half cover the kadai and let the dhoklis get cooked.
After about 4-5 mins stir very gently with the spoon handle. Once the dhoklis start swimming on the surface it indicates that its almost done. It will take about 10 mins for them to cook.
Now temper the dal with spices: In a small saucepan, heat ghee, add cumin & mustard seeds, allow to splutter. Add green chilli, curry leaves, asafetida and 2-3 pinches red chilli powder.Add clove cinnamon powder and immediately add the spluttering spices to the boiling dhokli. Add garam masala, lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves . Serve piping hot.