Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, khatti meethi arhar ki dal. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Gujarati khatti meethi dal recipe with step by step photos. In english the words 'khatti' means tangy or sour and 'meethi' means sweet. So this is an easy Gujarati dal having sweet and sour taste and will be specially liked by folks who love myriad flavors and textures in one dish.
Khatti meethi Arhar ki Dal is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Khatti meethi Arhar ki Dal is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have khatti meethi arhar ki dal using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Khatti meethi Arhar ki Dal:
- Make ready 1 cup tuvar/Arhar dal
- Take 2 small tomatoes cut small
- Make ready 2 green chillies finely chopped
- Make ready 1 tsp Ginger finely chopped
- Take 1 tsp Sugar (optional)
- Take 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Red chillli powder
- Get 1 tsp dhaniya(coriander) powder
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready as needed Water
- Make ready 1/2 Lemon
- Make ready as needed Coriander leaves for garnish
- Make ready For the tadka
- Get 1/2 tsp methidana(fenugreek seeds)
- Get 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds (saunf)
- Take 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Get 1/4 tsp Asafoetida/Hing powder
- Prepare 3-4 dry red chillies
- Make ready 2 tsp Ghee
Learn how to make authentic Gujarati style daal for lunch with this easy step by step photo recipe. Khatti Meethi Dal is a sweet and sour lentil curry. Check out how Maunika Gowardhan makes it on Jamie Oliver's Food Tube. In a heavy bottom sauce pan cook the lentils along with the water & turmeric powder.
Instructions to make Khatti meethi Arhar ki Dal:
- Take the measured Dal and wash it well and soak in water for 20 minutes
- Now chop the tomatoes and green chilli and add it in the cooker with the Dal. Add sufficient water for cooking Dal.
- Pressure cook for 3 whistles or till soft, then once the pressure cooker cools down mash the Dal with a laddle.
- Then add in the finely chopped ginger, turmeric powder,red chilli powder and dhaniya powder,sugar and salt, then pour some more water and bring to boil on low flame for 10 minutes.
- Once it gets cooked take a tadka pan put ghee when hot add the mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, fennel seeds, after it splutters, add in the asafoetida powder, and dry red chillies.
- Now pour this tadka on the cooked dal.
- Then squeeze lemon juice and add finely chopped coriander leaves in the Dal and mix well.
- Serve hot with steamed rice and rotis.
Gujrati Khatti Meethi dal as name suggests is sweet and sour dal recipe cooked in Gujrati homes. This everyday dal recipe is made special with the use of fried peanuts and ghee tempering but what makes Gujrati dal more special is delicate balance of sweet and sour taste, which makes it taste very good. Khatti Meethi Dal is the great combination of sweet and sour ingredients that makes this dal recipe more delicious. It is nothing but the mixture of Bengal gram, jaggery, tamarind and some spices. Khatti Meethi Dal is an innovative dal for those who like to experiment with the magic of flavours!
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