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Gujarati dal recipe | Gujarati tuvar dal | Gujarati toor dal | khatti meethi gujarati dal

Author Nehas Cook Book
4.86 from 7 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dal / Curry, Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup toor dal
  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • 4 cup + 3 cup hot water or as required
  • ½ tsp turmeric powdr
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tsp peanuts
  • 1 tbsp tamarind - or kokum or lemon juice
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp Kashmir red chilli powder - optional
  • 7-8 curry leaves
  • 2 green chilli slices
  • 1- inch grated ginger
  • ½ cup chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp jaggery
  • ½ tsp garam masala

For tempering

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 12-14 methi seeds
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 dry red chilli
  • Pinch of hing

Instructions

  • Add toor dal into mixture jar, slightly crushed it on pulse grinding.
  • Add dal into a sieve and wash it.
  • Now, add ghee and saute dal in a pan for 2 minutes, so its grain slightly puffs up.
  • Then add 4 cups hot water, turmeric powder and salt. mix well.
  • Cover and boil the dal for 20-25 minutes on medium-low flame.
  • Meanwhile, in a different bowl, add peanuts and jaggery. Add some hot water and soak it for 15 minutes.
  • Now after 20 minutes, the dal is properly boil. Then whisk it till it becomes smooth.
  • Then for thin consistency of dal, add 3 cups hot water and mix well.
  • Add red chilli powder, Kashmiri red chilli powder, curry leaves, green chilli slices, grated ginger and chopped tomatoes. Mix well and boil the dal for 3-4 minutes.
  • Then add soaked peanuts, tamarind pulp, jaggery and garam masala. mix well and boil the dal for 2-3 minutes.
  • Now in a tadka pan, add oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, methi dana, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, dry red chilli and hing. Saute it.
  • Add tadka into the dal and mix well. Cover and simmer the dal for 5 minutes so tempering flavour absorbs in it.
  • Serve gujarati khatti-meethi dal with rice and papad.

Notes

  • Grind dal on the pulse so it is slightly broken and easily boil. Do not make its powder.
  • Sauté dal into ghee helps puff its granules, so it absorbs water and cooks faster.
  • add hot water to dal, so dal granules easily absorb it.
  • boil dal on low-medium flame.
  • Mash cooked dal completely.
  • You can use kokum or lemon juice instead of tamarind.
  • After tempering boil dal for 5-7 minutes, so its flavor absorbs in it.
  • Gujarati dal tastes great when it is prepared slightly sweet, sour and spicy.