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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

STEP 2 - Tempering for your dal
1.  In a separate small vessel, heat oil.
2.  Once the oil is hot, add Mustard seeds & let it splutter.
3.  Add Cloves & Cinnamon stick.
4.  Add hing, curry leaves & finely chopped Chilies-Ginger. Let it cook for a few seconds
5.  Add Tomatoes.
6.  Add all the spice & let it cook for a 1 min until everything is nicely mixed.  The Main idea here is that your oil is nicely seasoned with all the spices.
7.  Turn off the flame & now add this mixture to your DAL in STEP 1
8. Give it a good mix & up the flame on which dal is being cooked to medium. Taste it & adjust the seasonings as needed.
9. Let it simmer for few minutes & then bring it to a boil.
10. Add the Lemon juice & coriander leaves.
11. Turn off the flame & your dal is ready !!

This procedure looks very long & might scare people to not try it. But trust me its very simple to make. And if you like gujju dal, I strongly recommend you to try this & you won’t be disappointed.

Very big thanks to my mom. If ever she will read this I want to tell her “I LOVE YOU”, not that I don’t tell her otherwise when I speak to her every other day

If you tried this recipe and liked the Dal, please leave your comments on this post. Your comments encourage me to write more.

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