Sweet Sour Dal
Sweet Sour Dal Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup toor dal
1 tbsp. mint leaves finely chopped
1 tbsp. coriander leaves finely chopped
1 stalk curry leaves
1 tbsp. broken jaggery
3 tbsp. tamarind water
3 green chillies
1" piece ginger
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
Method
Wash and pressure cook dal in two cups water. Cool, remove, drain
and keep
aside the top water of dal.
Remove two tbsp. Thick dal and keep aside. Beat the remaining dal
with a
hand whipper, adding the water that was kept aside.
Crush the green chilli and ginger together. Make a paste of all
the dry powders
in 1/4 cup water.
Keep aside. Heat ghee in a saucepan and add the seeds. Add ginger
garlic
and stir. Add asafoetida, mint, masala paste and stir for a minute.
Add jaggery, tamarind water and stir. Allow to cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add
beaten dal. Boil for 6-7 minutes. Check taste for salt and spiciness.
Garnish with chopped coriander. To be served with hot steamed rice.
To
serve, place one serving of rice on a plate. Top with one tsp. Of
thick dal kept
aside. Lace with 1/2 tsp. Desi ghee. Serve along with a serving
of the dal.
1/2 tsp. dhania (coriander seed)
powder
1/4 tsp. garam masala
2 pinches asafoetida
salt to taste
1/2 tsp. each cumin &
mustard seeds
2 tbsp. ghee
5 cups rice starch water or water
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