Gujarati dishes are distinctively sweet, salty, and spicy at the same time. Gujarati Daal is also one of them which is very tempting and has different taste from rest of the deals.
Ingredients
- 1 cup split red gram lentil (arhar dal)
- 1 tsp mustard seeds (raai)
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
- 2 tsp coriander powder (dhania)
- 7-8 curry leaves (kadi patta)
- 2 cloves (laung)
- 1 piece cinnamon stick (dalchini)
- a pinch asafoetida (thing)
- 1 tsp salt (namak)
- 2 green chilly (hari mirch)
- few coriander leaves (dhania patti)
- 1/2 cup tamarind (imli) water
- 1 tbsp clarified butter (ghee)
How to make Gujarati Daal
- Soak gram lentils in water for 1/2 an hour.
- Then cook with salt, and turmeric in a pressure cooker.
- Crush cloves and cinnamon sticks.
- Finely chop green chilies and coriander leaves.
- Heat ghee in a pan and put cumin seeds, mustard seeds, and asafetida in it.
- When mustard seeds crackle put curry leaves in it.
- Then add green chilies and coriander powder and cook.
- Add cloves and cinnamon sticks along with boiled gram lentils.
- After few minutes add tamarind water and sugar.
- Simmer for 5 minutes and remove it from the flame.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
