Gujarati Dal (Healthy Lentil Soup)
Ingredients
2 cups Tuver Dal
10-12 raw peanuts
1 tsp each of mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 tsp methi seeds(dried fenugreek)
2-3 cloves (lavang)
5-6 curry leaves
3-4 pieces of dried kokum
1 tsp ginger-green chili paste
a pinch of asafoetida (hiing)
salt - to taste
sugar or jaggery - to taste
1 tsp red chili powder
2 tsp coriander powder(dhana-jeeru powder)
lemon juice - to taste
1/2 tomato - chopped
3 tbsp coriander - chopped
Method
Take the tuver dal and pressure cook it (covered upto 5 whistles) with a little extra water to make it soft. Add the peanuts, jaggery and kokum in the cooker along with the dal.
Now take a saucepan, add some mustard and jeera seeds, black cloves, and a pinch of asafoetida. When the seeds start to splutter, add the cooked dal in the pan. Use a hand blender to make a thick soup and add water to achieve the consistency you like.
Now add salt, sugar, lemon juice(to taste), and all the dry spices. Add curry leaves, chopped tomatoes, green chili-ginger paste, half of the chopped coriander and bring the mixture to a boil. Then lower the flame, cover partially, and let it cook for another 8-10 mins.
Garnish with the remaining coriander leaves. Serve the traditional Gujarati Dal with a hot plate of Jeera Rice!
Related Recipes:
Panchvati Garlic Dal
Gujarati Kaddhi
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11 comments :
peanuts in dal? wow! thats definitely new to me :)
This looks delicious. I wonder how to make it without a pressure cooker? I'm not sure if I'm capable of making something without garlic, but I'd love to give it a try!
aah! this looks gorgeous! I love the Dal that they serve at gujarati weddings! and yours sounds just as inviting:)
-anitha
peanuts and jaggery in dal...very new to me....
yes, there are a few things that make this Dal a hot favorite, and peanuts and jaggery are definitely some of them!
FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming:)
The idea of soup with no onion or garlic made me skeptical, but once I read the recipe I realized it's one I must try.
Fearless Kitchen - There is always directions for cooking in a pot on the back of a package. It takes a little more time, but it's not look cooking other dried beans.
I adore gujju dal, thank you for an authentic recipe:)
I love Gujju food, and this is going to be made soon! :)
I love any type of dal recipe. SO satisfying at the end of a meal.
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hey mansi how have you been doing... after a long time huh... this is a new recipe for me.... yesterday i had this dal shorba in a rest and it was amazing.... this reminds me of that
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