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Tuvar Dal (Red Gram-Gujarat Style)

Ingredients :-

 

Sl No.
Item
Qty.
1.

Water

7 cups
2.

Oily red gram washed

1 ½ cups
3.

Turmeric powder

1 teaspoon
4.

Salt

5 ½ teaspoons
5.

Red chilli powder

1 teaspoon
6.

Jaggery crushed

65 gms 
7

Tomatoes chopped

1 medium(100gms)
8

Green chillies slit

5
9

Cocum  washed

 7 pieces
10

Coriander leaves chopped

2 tablespoons

Tempering-

11.

Vegetable oil

2 tablespoons
12.

Mustard seeds

1 teaspoon
13.

Cumin seeds

½ teaspoon
14. whole dry red chillies 2
15.

Curry leaves

1 spring
16.

Asafetida

a large pinch
 

Directions-

1. Pour 4 cups water into cooker. Add red gram, turmeric powder and salt. Stir once.
2. Close cooker, bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook for 3 minutes.
3. Remove cooker form heat. Allow to cool naturally.
4.Open cooker. Mash dal well back of a ladle to blend with liquid.
5. Place cooker with dal on high heat. Add remaining water (3 cups) and all other ingredients except those for tempering. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and cook     for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. For tempering, heat oil in a pan for about 1 minute. Add mustard and cumin seeds. When crackling , add red chillies, curry leaves and asafetida. Stir for a     few seconds and pour over dal. Stir and serve hot.