Varan / Maharashtrian Dal Recipe with step by step pictures. Dal made with tomatoes, garlic which taste delicious with rice.
Varan / Maharashtrian Dal
I love to eat non vegetarian dishes, but most of the time it will be vegetarian. Do you know that you can go more adventurous with vegetarian dishes than any other food. Specially with dals. You could make it in hundred ways. The dals which you use are same but the taste differs with the ingredients you put in. This recipe comes straight from maharashtra and it is so simple to make. So here you go for the step by step recipe with pictures.
Ingredients for varan
- Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu / Split Pigeon Peas – 1 cup
- Onion-1 chopped
- Tomato-1 large chopped
- Garlic-6 cloves chopped
- Ginger-1 inch piece chopped
- Green chilli-3 chopped
- Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp
- Fenugreek seeds / Vendayam- ½ tsp
- Curry leaves-1 spring
- Oil-1 tbsp
- Sugar to taste
- Salt to taste
- Lemon juice to taste
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro for garnishing
How to Make Maharashtrian Dal
- Wash dal in lots of water and soak it for 30 mins. Take that in pressure cooker and add 3 cups of water..Cook for 2 whistles and simmer for 10 mins. Let the pressure go all by itself. Set aside for a moment.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds.
- Add in Ginger and Garlic. Fry this for 1 min.
- Add in green chilli and curry leaves. fry for 1 min.
- Now add in onions and hing and cook till for 5 mins.
- Throw in the tomato and mix well. Cook for 3 mins or until the tomatoes turn mushy.
- Pour in dal and mix well. Add in required amount of water. Bring this to boil and simmer for 5 mins.
- Season with salt and sugar and mix well.Squeeze in some lemon juice.
- Garnish with cilantro.Serve hot with rice and any subzi.
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Maharashtrian Dal Recipe | Varan Recipe
Varan / Maharashtrian Dal with step by step pictures. Dal made with tomatoes, garlic which taste delicious with rice.
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Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 149kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu / Split Pigeon Peas
- 1 Onion chopped
- 1 Tomato-1 large chopped
- 6 Garlic chopped
- 1 inch Ginger chopped
- 3 Green chilli chopped
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds / Jeerakam
- ½ tsp Fenugreek seeds / Vendayam
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 tbsp Oil-1 tbsp
- Sugar to taste
- Salt to taste
- Lemon juice to taste
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro for garnishing
Instructions
- Wash dal in lots of water and soak it for 30 mins. Take that in pressure cooker and add 3 cups of water..Cook for 2 whistles and simmer for 10 mins. Let the pressure go all by itself. Set aside for a moment.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds.
- Add in Ginger and Garlic. Fry this for 1 min.
- Add in green chilli and curry leaves. fry for 1 min.
- Now add in onions and hing and cook till for 5 mins.
- Throw in the tomato and mix well. Cook for 3 mins or until the tomatoes turn mushy.
- Pour in dal and mix well. Add in required amount of water. Bring this to boil and simmer for 5 mins.
- Season with salt and sugar and mix well.Squeeze in some lemon juice.
- Garnish with cilantro.Serve hot with rice and any subzi.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servings | Calories: 149kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 144mg | Potassium: 65mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg
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Maharashtrian Dal Recipe Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| heat oil and crackle in cumin and fenugreek |
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| add in ginger |
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| and garlic |
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| add in chillies |
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| and some curry leaves |
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| throw in curry leaves |
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| add in hing |
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| and tomatoes |
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| cook till the tomatoes are mushy |
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| Pour in dal |
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| Season with salt |
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| and sugar |
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| squeeze some lemon juice |
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| and garnish with cilantro |
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| Serve |
Chitra
love dal and potato fry with rice...lovely combo
Rekha shoban
healthy n yummy dal!!!
Aruna Manikandan
looks healthy and delicious dear 🙂
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
That looks tempting, very much my preparation with the exception of adding curry leaves.
Less Important Than You Think
Chefwannabe directed me to your blog. So far I LOVE your recipes. Thanks!
Indulge
Traditionally Varan means only cooked dal with little haldi and hing added to it while cooking.. what you've made is Ambat varan or phodiniche varan. We eat the plain varan with steaming rice, ghee salt and limbu/lemon juice.. it is our ultimate comfort food when under weather or after a tired day.
Love Ash.
Kavitha Chandgrasen
When you use pressure cooker to cook, how do you simmer without it whistling?
Kavitha Chandgrasen
When you use pressure cooker to cook, how do you simmer without it whistling?
Kavitha Chandgrasen
When you use pressure cooker to cook, how do you simmer without it whistling?
Aarthi
@Kavitha ChandgrasenIt will whistle as you simmer..But no issues in that..Just cook it on simmer.
Sandhya Ram
Love your dishes.... Tried some and came out really well!!!!!!