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Gujrati Dal (Gujraate Daal) Recipe

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.

Ingredients

1 cup Split Red Lentil (Masoor Dal)
5 slit Green Chilli (Hari mirch)
1 tblsp chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
1/2 cup grated Coconut
Salt to taste
1 tsp Mustard Seeds (Raai / Raee)
1 tsp Cumin Seed (Jeera)
2 chopped Tomato (Tamatar)
1 tblsp Oil
1 meduim sized sliced Onion (Pyaj)

How to make masala dal:

Wash and soak the gram for 30 minutes.
Grind the grated coconut with a little water to a smooth paste in a blender.keep aside.
Fry the sliced onions till golden brown. remove and keep aside.
Cook the gram in a pressure cooker with just sufficient water to cook the dal until soft.
Remove the lid of the cooker and add the green chillies , turmeric powder tomatoes and salt. cook for 3 minutes.
When the tomatoes are cooked add the coconut paste. mix thoroughly.
Cook for a minute and remove from the flame.
Heat the oil in a pan. add the mustard seeds, when they crackle add the cumin seeds.
Fry for a few seconds over a low flame. pour over the dal.
Serve hot garnished with the fried onions and the chopped corriander leaves.

Ingredients

1 cup Bengal gram
100 gm beet root
50 gm groundnut
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 dried dates
50 gm jaggery
1/2 cup tamarind juice
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp coriander powder
6-7 curry leaves
1 piece cinnamon
2 tsp cloves
1 tsp clarified butter
1 tblsp chopped coriander
1 tsp salt
a pinch of asafetida
2-3 chilly paste

How to make sweet and sour dal:

Rinse Bengal garm and add beet root pieces to it and cook in a cooker.
When cooked add turmeric powder,salt,coriander powder,jaggery,dry dates,tamarind juice,curry leaves,groundnut,chilly paste and boil.
Prepare the seasoning-Heat oil and add asafetida,cloves,butter,cumin seeds,mustard seeds,cinnamon.
Add to the gram and cook for 5 minutes.
Garnish with coriander and serve.

Ingredients

1 cup Split Red Lentil (Masoor Dal)
a pinch of Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
2 chopped Green Chilli (Hari mirch)
2 flakes chopped Garlic (Lasan / Lahsun)
2 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)
Salt to taste
1 tblsp chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
1 tsp Cumin Seeds (Jeera)

How to make parsi dal:

Cook the dal with the turmeric powder and sufficient water in a pressure cooker.
Cook till the dal is cooked.
Remove from the flame.
Mash the dal with a wooden spoon. keep aside in a pan.
Heat the ghee in a pan.
Add the garlic,salt, green chillies and the cumin seeds.
Fry for a minute over a low flame and pour over the dal.
Return the dal to a low flame.
Add a little water if required(the dal should have the consistency of sambhar) and cook for 2 minutes. remove from the flame.
Serve hot garnished with the corriander leaves.

Ingredients

1 cup Split Red Lentil (Masoor Dal)
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
1 tsp Cumin Seed Powder (Jeera)
2 Green Chilli (Hari mirch)
2 Dry Red Chily (Saboot Lal Mirchi)
1 tsp chopped Ginger (Adrak)
2 Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
10 gms Mixed Spices (onion seeds,fenugreek seeds,aniseeds,cuminseeds and mustard seeds) 2 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)
1 tsp Sugar
Salt to taste

How to make arhar dal:

Wash the dal and cook the dal in a sauteuse with the turmeric, salt and the sugar over a medium flame.
Add half of the ginger to the dal along with the cumin powder.
When the dal is cooked and thick remove from the fire.
Heat the ghee in a pan and add the mixed spices,(a little of onion seeds, fenugreek seeds , aniseeds, cumin seeds and mustard seeds all mixed together).
When the mustard seeds crackle add the bay leaf, remaining chopped ginger , slit green chilliesand the broken red chillies. fry for 2 minutes and pour over the dal.mix thoroughly. serve hot.

Ingredients

1 cup split black gram lentil (urad dhuli dal)
1/2 cup Bengal gram (chana dal)
1/2 cup red kidney beans (rajma)
1 piece ginger (adrak)
4 onion (pyaj)
7-8 garlic (lahsun) buds
6 tomato (tamatar)
some tamarind (imli)
2 green chilly (hari mirch)
few coriander leaves (dhania patti) 50 gm cottage cheese (paneer)
1/2 cup curd (dahi)
1 cup cream
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
2 tsp salt (namak)
1/2 tsp red chilly powder (lal mirch)
1/2 tsp black pepper powder (kali mirch) 2 tsp sugar
4 tbsp clarified butter (ghee)

How to make dal nawabi:

Soak all dals and kidney beans in a container for 6-7 hours.
Grind ginger, garlic buds and onions.
Finely chop green chilies and tomatoes.
Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup water for 1/2 an hour and then strain.
Boil all dals in a pressure cooker with turmeric and salt until it is cooked properly and then remove it from the flame.
Heat ghee in a pan and fry cottage cheese and then take them out.
In the same ghee crackle cumin seeds and fry onion paste until it turns pink.
Then add tomatoes and cook for few seconds.
Then add curd and stir continuously.
Then add salt red chilly powder, black pepper powder, sugar and tamarind and fry for a minute.
Then add some cream and cook for some more time.
Lastly ass all boiled dals and cottage cheese pieces and simmer for 5 minutes.
Then remove it from the flame and garnish with coriander and serve hot.