Mingle it up

Me & my husband simply love Gujju food & can’t get enough of it anytime :).   I remember when we were in LA we would always go to Rajdhani - the unlimited gujju food restaurant(I strongly recommend that restaurant. Plus the service is awesome people come and serve you food unlike the other buffets where you go and pick up;)). Up here in Seattle there are no gujju restaurants & we really miss that. But nevermind - I have upped my Gujarati cooking skills since then & big thanks to my mummy for that.

This recipe is requested by one of my friends who likes my gujarati dal. Here it goes -

Ingredients

1 Cup Dal
12-13 Peanuts
2-3 Kokum
½-1 tbsp Jaggery (depending upon how sweet you like your dal. I put ½ tbsp to add just a hint of sweetness)
5-6 Curry Leaves
1 Medium sized Tomato (I like to use Roma tomatoes)
2 small finely cut chillies (I use thin Thai Chilies)
½ tbsp grated ginger
2 cloves (optional)
1 small piece of Cinnamon stick (optional)
1 tbsp of Lemon Juice
2 tbsp Coriander Leaves

Spices 

All the spices are to taste. So please start with little & work up with respect to your judgment and taste.

1 tbsp of oil
2 tsp of Mustard Seeds
Pinch of Hing (Asafoedita)
Salt to taste
1.5 tsp Turmeric powder
2-3 tsp Chilli powder
½ tbsp Coriander powder
½ tsp Cumin powder
1 tsp of garam masala

Serves - 4-5 people.

This dal has 2 main steps

STEP 1
1.  Boil your Dal with peanuts in around 2 cups of water.
2.  Once your dal is done, blend your dal well with spatula so that it mixes well with your water. Try not to mash the peanuts while mixing the dal.
3.  Add may be 1 more cup of water or depending upon the consistency you like.
4.  Turn on the flame to medium low
    a. put the dal + water mixture
    b. add jaggery
    c. kokum
    d. Salt