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Gujarati Dal

Gujarati dal, a traditional recipe of tuvar dal/pigeon peas with sweet, spicy and tangy flavors, a perfect accompaniment with rice/roti.
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Gujarati dal recipe, How to cook mashed toor dal, How to make dal for lunch, Indian dal recipe, Khatti meeti dal recipe, Rice accompaniment recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 4
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Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 cup split red gram/pigeon peas tuvar dal
  • 4-5 pieces dry soft kokum/tamarind pulp i have used tamarind pulp
  • 4-5 pieces drumstick
  • 4-5 pieces elephant yam i didnt use
  • 1 tbsp groundnut
  • ½ teaspoon red chili powder see notes
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • ¼ tsp garam masala powder
  • 1 tablespoon jaggery or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • fresh coriander leaves for garnish
  • fresh ginger julienes for garnish

Tempering

  • 2 tsp ghee/oil
  • ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds/ kadugu
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds/ jeera
  • ¼ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
  • 4-5 nos red chilies
  • 2 nos green cardamom
  • 2 nis clove
  • 1 bay leaf

Instructions

  • Wash and soak tuvar dal for 20 minutes. Pressure cook it with turmeric powder, adding twice the amount of water until soft. Keep aside until use.
  • When the dal is cooking, prepare the vegetables you are using for the dal. I had only drumstick, you can add mixed vegetables too. Soak the tamarind in ¼ cup water and extract juice.
  • Heat a kadai with oil given under tempering, splutter mustard seeds,add hing, cumin seeds, fenugreek, cardamom, cloves and bay leaf.
  • Next add the drumstick to the tempering and the tamarind extract. Cover and cook for 15 minutes until the drumstick is a half cooked.
  • To this add the cooked toor dal, 1 cup water, groundnuts, red chili and coriander powder and salt. I have equal amounts of red chilies and coriander seeds pulsed together, i have used this in the recipe
  • Let the dal come to a boil and the drumsticks get fully cooked. This might take around another 15- 20 minutes. Once the vegetables are done. Add jaggery to the dal.
  • After 2-3 minutes, garnish with fresh coriander leaves, ginger juliennes, garam masala and take it off the heat.
  • Serve the dal with steaming hot rice for a comforting meal

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Notes

  • This gujarati dal can be made with vegetables or without vegetables. i had some drumsticks in my fridge, so used the same in the recipe.
  • The recipe  inspired from the Sukham Ayu Cookbook. Though i havent followed the recipe to the T, i have kept the flavor profile similar.
  • The original recipe uses green chilies, since i was making for my kiddos lunch i omitted green chilies and have used ½ teaspoon red chili powder instead.
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