Gujarati Dal

Ingredients:

• 1 cup tuvar dal
• ¼ cup chopped tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
• 1 sliced green chilli/1 red dry chilli
• 5-6 curry leaves
• ¼ teaspoon asafoetida
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon dhana powder
• 1 teaspoon jeera powder
• ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon ajawain
• 1 tablespoon jaggery
• 2 kokums or 2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
• Salt to tast

Method

• Cook the tuvar dal with 2 cups of water either in a pot or in a pressure cooker, until fully mashed and cooked.
• When the dal is hot, whisk the cooked dal well until well blended.
• Heat oil in a pan; add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ajawain, curry leaves, green chilli, ginger and allow it to crackle.
• Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, asafoetida, dhana-jeera powder and sauté until the tomatoes are soft and tender.
• Now add the cooked dal, salt, jaggery and approximately 1.5 cups of water. Allow it to boil for 5 minutes.
• Turn off heat and add coriander leaves and serve hot with a sabzi, phulka’s and rice.