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 (hing)
- 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 dal:
● Soak gram lentil in water foe 1/2 an hour.
● Then cook with salt, 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 asafoetida in it.
● When mustard seeds crackles put curry leaves in it.
● Then add green chillies and coriander powder and cook.
● Add cloves and cinnamon stick along with boiled gram lentil.
● After few minutes add tamarind water and sugar.
● Simmer for 5 minutes and remove it from the flame.
● Garnish with coriander leaves and serve