Gujarati Daal Recipe
Super yummy lipsmackingly delicious toor dal recipe which has little sweet and sour taste to it. This goes well with plain steamed rice or roti.
Ingredients
- Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - ½ cup
- Water - 1.5 cup
- Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves - 3 tblsp chopped finely
- Lemon Juice to taste
FOR SEASONING:
- Ghee - 1 tblsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - ½ tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - ½ tsp
- Peanuts - 1 tblsp
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi - a pinch
- Curry leaves - a sprig
- Dry Red Chillies - 2
- Tomato - 1 chopped finely
- Green Chillies - 1 chopped finely
Instructions
- Take dal, water, turmeric powder in a pressure cooker and cook for 3 to 4 whistle. Set aside and mash the dal roughly.
- Now heat ghee in a pan, add mustard, cumin and let them sizzle. Add peanuts and fry for a min.
- Add in asafoetida, dry red chillies and curry leaves.
- Add in tomatoes, chillies and saute till tomatoes gets soft.
- Add in dal, salt, sugar and mix well.
- Add in coriander leaves and lemon juice and mix well.
- Serve.