Recipe Number:063

Prep Time | 5 minutes |
Cook Time | 30 minutes |
Passive Time | 35 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Toor dal (pigeon peas)
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 3 nos Slit green chilly
- 1/2 no Chopped tomato
- 1/4 cup Grated jaggery.
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsps Lemon juice
- 2 tbsps Chopped cilantro
- 1/4 tsp Chopped ginger
FOR SEASONING:
- 11/2 tbsp Oil or ghee
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seed
- 2 nos Garlic cloves
- 1 small stick Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Hing
- 1/2 tsp Chilly powder
Ingredients
FOR SEASONING:
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Instructions
- Wash toor dal and pressure cook with required water.
- When it is done, smash well, then add two cups of water, turmeric,ginger, tomato, green chilly, jaggery and salt, mix well then boil about 10 to 15 minutes, make sure the consistency is semi thick.
- Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard, cumin, chopped garlic, cinnamon, hing and chilly powder, saute few seconds,now pour this mixture into dal, add lemon juice and chopped cilantro, mix well.
- Serve with chapati, rice or thali meals, Enjoy Gujarati dal....!!!!!
- Refer pics for instruction clarity.
Recipe Notes
TipS:
Dal will become thick when it is cool.
When the dal is more thicker, you can add warm water to correct the consistency, make sure the water is adding before seasoning.
When the dal is boiled longer, the taste will be better.
Enjoy cooking!!
Zainu.