Sweet and Sour Dal (Amti)

Serves: 4
Cooking time approx.: 17 minutes

Ingredients

1 cups split red gram tuvar dal

4 cups water

½ teaspoons turmeric powder

1 teaspoons red chili powder

1 teaspoons tamarind paste

1 tablespoons jaggery

1 teaspoons ghee clarified butter 

1 teaspoon each of mustard and cumin seeds

3 " piece ginger finely chopped

4 small green chilies finely chopped

1 teaspoons hot spice mix garam masala

Asafetida and salt to taste

Finely chopped coriander leaves 

Method

1. Heat the water in a heavy bottomed vessel and drop the split red gram into it. Bring it to a boil. As it boils, add the tamarind paste, jaggery, red chili powder, turmeric powder and salt. Cook on medium / low heat for 12 minutes or till the gram is soft but not mashed. Keep aside.

2. Heat the clarified butter in a pan till very hot. Add the mustard seeds and let them splutter. Now, add the cumin seeds and the asafetida. Fry on medium heat for 1 minutes or till the cumin seeds are a shade darker. Add this to the cooked gram mixture.

3. Add the chopped coriander leaves, green chilies and ginger. Cook covered on medium / low heat for 4 minutes.

4. Garnish with the garam masala and keep covered for some time before serving.

Serve hot with Pulav, white rice, or Indian bread.

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