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Gujarati Dal Recipe

Here's a delicious, spicy and sweet dal recipe. Learn how to make gujarati dal.

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. 

MASALA DAL

MASALA DAL

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. 

DAL FRY RECIPE

Learn how to make dal fry is one of the most popular recipe in the punjabi menu. It has four different lentils which makes it very nutritive and to enrich its taste it is tempered with various spices. Dal fry tastes best when it is served with jeera rice.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup yellow pigeon peas (toor dal)
1/4 cup split yellow peas (yellow moong dal)
1/8 cup bengal gram dal (channa dal)
1/8 cup red split lintels (masoor dal)
4 tbsp clarified butter
2 tsp cumin seed
1/2 tsp asafetida (hing)
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
Salt to taste
1 tomato (finely chopped)
1 onion (finely chopped)
1/2 tsp garlic (grated)
1/2 tsp ginger (grated)
1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)

How to make punjabi dal fry:

• Mix all the dals together and wash them properly. Soak them in 3 cups of water for 30 minutes before cooking it.
• Pressure cook the dal in 2 cups of water with salt and 1 tsp of turmeric powder till done.
• In a frying pan, heat the ghee and temper it with the cumin seed When the cumin seed starts to crackle add asafetida.
• Stir it and add chopped onions. Fry on medium heat until onions turns pinkish in color. Add garlic, ginger and green chili and cook till they get brown burnt in color.
• To this add the chopped tomatoes and cook for further few minutes till the tomatoes are little soft.
• Now add coriander powder, garam masala, little turmeric powder and cook for another 4-5 minutes adding little water to it to ensure that the mixture does not get burnt.
• Next add cooked dal and mix them well. Add a little more water to it to bring it to the desired consistency. Bring to a boil and simmer at least for 10 – 15 minutes.
• Take out the dal in a serving bowl, add lemon to it and garnish it with the coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with chapattis and jeera rice. 

DAAL MAKHANI RECIPE (Maa Ki Daal)

Ingredients:

1 cup whole urad daal (urad sabut)
1tbsp Red kidney beans (Rajma)
1 onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1" Ginger piece
2-3 green chilies finely chopped
chopped coriander leaves
4-5 flakes Garlic paste
1/2 cup stirred curd
1/2 cup fresh stirred cream (malai)
2tbsp butter
1tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2tsp turmeric powder
1/2tsp Garam masala
Red chili powder to taste
1/2tsp dhania powder
Salt to taste

How to make dal makhni :

• Soak rajma in water overnight.
• Add water & little salt and pressure-cook Rajma and urad daal till soft for about 20-25 minutes. Mash and boil again for 15-20 minutes and add curd and cream to the daal.
• Now in kadhai heat oil, splutter cumin seeds and add garlic paste, fry till light brown. Add onions and fry till golden brown.
• Now add ginger, green chilies and tomatoes and fry till tomatoes soften.
• Now add dry masalas (turmeric powder, chili powder, dhania powder & salt) and fry again for a moment.
• Add daal and stir on medium flame. As soon as it starts boiling remove from the gas.
• Sprinkle garam masala powder and garnish daal makhni with coriander and add butter.
• Serve daal makhni hot. Goes well with laccha paratha, naan or rice.

Dal Nawabi Recipe

Here's a yummy, spicy dal recipe with rajma. Learn how to make dal nawabi.

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. 

MOONG DAL WITH PALAK

Ingredients:

1 cup split Green Gram Lentil (Moong Dal)
3 cup chopped Spinach (Palak)
a pinch of Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
1 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
1 tsp Asafetida (Hing)
2 tblsp Butter
1 tsp chopped Garlic (Lasun)
1 tsp chopped Ginger (Adrak)
a pinch of Sodium bi carbonate
1 tblsp fresh Cream

How to make moong dal with palak:

• Wash and soak the gram for 30 minutes.
• Boil some water in a pan.
• Add the spinach leaves and the sodium bi carbonate and cook the leaves for a minute over a high flame till the leaves are cooked.
• Drain the leaves and when cool grind in a blender. remove and keep aside.
• Cook the dal ,turmeric powder, chilly powder and the salt in a pressure cooker.
• When the dal is cooked remove from the flame and keep aside.( make sure the dal is dissolved in the water, if the water was not sufficient add some more water and cook the dal again in a pan . use a wooden spoon to mash the dal).
• Transfer the dal to a pan and add the spinach paste. mix thoroughly.
• Cook over a low flame for 2 minutes.remove from the flame and keep aside.
• Melt the butter in a pan . Add the garlic and fry for till the garlic turns light brown in color.
• Add the ginger and the asafoetida and fry for a few seconds over a low flame.
• Add the dal and mix thoroughly. remove from the flame and serve hot garnished with cream. 

Khatti Meethi Recipe

Here's a deliciou recipe of khatti meethi dal or sweet and sour dal. Learn how to make khatti meethi dal.

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.