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Tuvar na thotha recipe | lili tuvar na thotha | tuvar na totha | tuvar na thotha with green garlic chutney

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Street Food
Cuisine Indian
Servings 5 servings

Ingredients
 

For boiling green tuvar

  • 2-3 cup water
  • salt to taste
  • pinch of baking soda
  • pinch of sugar
  • 200 grm or 1+1/4 cup green tuvar

For tuvar gravy

  • Boiled green tuvar - pigeon peas
  • 3-4 spicy green chilli
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 6-8 garlic cloves
  • 2 big size onion pieces
  • 2 big size tomato pieces
  • 4 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tbsp white sesame seeds
  • 4 cloves
  • 2 cinnemon
  • 1 star anise
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 dry red chilli
  • Pinch of hing
  • ½ cup chopped green garlic
  • ½ cup chopped green onion
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • 1 tbsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp jaggery
  • 1 cup hot water to adjust consistency
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • Some coriander leaves

For green garlic chutney

  • 6-7 tbsp oil
  • 75 grm or 1 cup chopped green garlic
  • 6-7 chopped spicy green chilli
  • 2 inch chopped ginger
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 cup coriander leaves
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

For serving

  • Tuvar based gravy
  • Green garlic chutney
  • Sev
  • Chopped onion
  • Roasted bread
  • Masala Chaas
  • Onion salad
  • Jalebi

Instructions

Making tuvar-based gravy

  • In a mixture jar, add green chilli, ginger and garlic cloves, without adding water grind it into a coarse paste. Keep it aside.
  • Now in a pan, add oil, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, sesame seeds, cloves, cinnamon, star anise, bay leaf, dry red chilli and a pinch of hing. Saute it.
  • Then add green chilli, ginger and garlic paste and saute it.
  • Meanwhile, in a mixture jar, add onion pieces and grind them into smooth paste.
  • Then add onion paste and saute it.
  • Now add chopped green garlic and saute it.
  • Meanwhile, in a mixture jar, add tomato pieces and grind them into smooth puree.
  • Now add tomato puree and salt. saute it and cook gravy till the oil separates from its sides.
  • Meanwhile in a pan, add 2-3 cup water, salt, a pinch of baking soda and sugar. Add tuvar dana and boil for 7 minutes on medium-high flame till it becomes slightly soft and mash easily. Keep it aside.
  • Now the gravy is properly cooked. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and jaggery. Add some water and saute masala into the gravy.
  • Then add chopped green onion and saute it.
  • Now add boiled green tuvar and mix well with the gravy.
  • Then add 1 cup hot water and mix well. Cover and cook gravy for 5-7 minutes on low flame.
  • Now add lemon juice and coriander leaves. Mix well.
  • Tuvar-based gravy is ready.

Making green garlic chutney

  • In a pan, add oil, a pinch of hing and green garlic. Saute it.
  • Then add chopped green chilli, ginger, salt and coriander powder. Mix well.
  • Add some water and coriander leaves. Mix well.
  • Switch off the gas and add lemon juice to it.
  • Slightly spicy and tasty green garlic chutney is ready.

Assembling tuvar na thotha

  • In a bowl, add 2-3 ladle tuvar gravy.
  • Add 1 tsp green garlic chutney to it.
  • Then sprinkle some sev and chopped coriander leaves on it.
  • Serve tuvar thotha with toasted bread, onion salad, masala chaas and jalebi.

Notes

For Tuvar na thotha
  • Instead of chopped onion, Onion paste gives a good flavor to the gravy.
  • The proportion of onion and tomatoes should be equal in gravy.
  • add sugar while boiling tuvar dana helps to retain its green color.
  • boil green tuvar dana on medium-high flame.
  • The addition of slightly hot water helps to retain the masala flavor in gravy.
  • The consistency of thotha gravy should be thick and pouring.
For green garlic chutney
  • The proportion of green garlic and coriander leaves should be equal.
  • Chutney tastes great when it is sour and slightly spicy.
 
 
  • Instead of chopped onion, Onion paste gives good flavor to gravy.
 
  • Proportion of onion and tomatoes should be equal in gravy.
 
  • add sugar while boiling tuvar dana helps to retain its green color.
  • boil green tuvar dana on medium-high flame.
 
  • Addition of slightly hot water helps to retain masala flavor into gravy.
 
  • Consistency of thotha gravy should be thick and pouring.
 
For green garlic chutney
  • Proportion of green garlic and coriander leaves should be equal.
  • Chutney taste great when it is sour and slightly spicy.
 
For Tuvar na thotha
 
  • Instead of chopped onion, Onion paste gives good flavor to gravy.
 
  • Proportion of onion and tomatoes should be equal in gravy.
 
  • add sugar while boiling tuvar dana helps to retain its green color.
  • boil green tuvar dana on medium-high flame.
 
  • Addition of slightly hot water helps to retain masala flavor into gravy.
 
  • Consistency of thotha gravy should be thick and pouring.
 
For green garlic chutney
  • Proportion of green garlic and coriander leaves should be equal.
  • Chutney taste great when it is sour and slightly spicy.