Gujarati Dal

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Gujarati dal is a sweet dal recipe which is a staple among Gujarati households and are typically paired with steamed rice. The dal is cooked made into a thin consistency and then served tempered with chillies, mustard seeds and curry leaves.

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Preparation Time: 10 Cooking Time: 60 Total Time: 701 hours 10 minutes 6

Ingredients

2 cups toovar (arhar) dal
1 cup chopped yam (suran)
2 tbsp peanuts
2 dry dates (kharek) (optional)
Other ingredients
8 pcs of kokum, soaked
1 tomato , chopped
50 gms jaggery (gur)
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1 pc ginger (adrak), chopped
4 green chillies , slit
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
For the tempering
1/4 tsp mustard seeds ( rai / sarson)
1/4 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/4 tsp fenugreek (methi) leaves
10 to 12 curry leaves (kadi patta)
2 cloves (laung / lavang)
2 sticks cinnamon (dalchini)
1 bayleaf (tejpatta)
2 small round red chillies (boriya mirchi)
1/2 tsp asafoetida (hing)
2 tbsp ghee
1 tbsp oil
salt to taste
For the garnish
4 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)

Method

Wash and pressure cook the dal in 4 cups of water.
In another vessel, pressure cook the yam, peanuts and kharekh.
When the dal is cooked, cool slightly and blend till it is smooth.
Prepare the tempering by heating the ghee and oil and adding the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, red chillies and asafoetida.
Add 3 cups of water, the cocum, tomato, jaggery, lemon juice, ginger, green chilli, chilli powder and turmeric powder and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add the dal, yam pieces, peanuts, kharekh and salt and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
Serve hot garnished with coriander

This recipe was contributed by Hpatel7 on 09 Dec 2003

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