🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Gujarati Dal

Name: Gujarati Dal
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste; 1/2 tsp Garam Masala; to taste Salt; 1, finely chopped Onion; 2, chopped Tomato; 1-2, slit Green Chili; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; 2 tbsp Ghee; 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1 cup, rinsed Yellow Lentils (Toor Dal); 1 Lemon; 1/2 cup, roasted Peanuts; 3/4 cup, grated Jaggery

🇮🇳 Indian

Sweet-sour-spicy Gujarati dal with peanut crunch, thali foundation. The everyday pot of gold that anchors every Indian thali. Perfect with jeera rice and papad on the side.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 3 Easy

Ingredients

Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
Garam Masala1/2 tsp
Saltto taste
Onion1, finely chopped
Tomato2, chopped
Green Chili1-2, slit
Cumin Seeds1 tsp
Ghee2 tbsp
Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
Yellow Lentils (Toor Dal)1 cup, rinsed
Lemon1
Peanuts1/2 cup, roasted
Jaggery3/4 cup, grated

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

1
Wash the yellow lentils (toor dal), soak 30 minutes if you have time, then boil with turmeric and a drop of oil till it turns creamy.
2
Whisk the cooked dal till smooth-ish and keep it loose — it thickens as it sits.
3
For the tadka, bloom cumin in ghee with dried red chilies until they swell and darken.
4
Add the jaggery to the pan and cook till jammy, then tip everything into the dal and simmer ten minutes so the flavours marry.
5
Taste for salt and sourness; a squeeze of lemon at the end makes the dal taste of itself, only louder.

Chef's tip

Resting the finished dish for five minutes off the heat lets the spices settle and deepen.

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