For the fourth day under the Indian States, I planned a mini Gujarati Menu. I had been in discussion with Vaishali for a long time and each time I was changing the menu. I wanted to prepare quite an elaborate menu. I raided her Thali's and drooled for the longest, without deciding on much.

Anyway, I knew that even if I wanted to decide, the time for making that elaborate menu was not on hand. Then I remembered Rajani's Mini thali and saw that she had referred to Roshini's Thali. And when I landed there, I saw that she had prepared it based on Vaishali's suggestions and recipes. Now you know, if there is a Gujarati thali running around this blogosphere, it must have originated from Vaishali!

So seeing that the menu looked doable on a weekday, I selected a Friday, knowing if the dinner gets delayed, kids can still sleep late. Though the entire cooking process was done under an hour, by the time we completed our dinner, it was pretty late. Since the main dishes were so simple, I had planned on Golpapdi for sweets. That's also one of the easiest sweets I felt reading the recipe. Still, I didn't make and served with Shrikhand, which I had made as well.

This Gujarati Dal is quite simple and easy to make, unlike the other Gujarati Dal I selected for ICC.

This is part of the Gujarati Thali that I prepared

Gujarati Dal

How to make Gujarati Dal

Pressure cook the toor dal with turmeric and enough water. Let it cool and then grind into a smooth paste.

Microwave peanuts in a cup of water for 5 mins, remove and keep it aside.

Heat cooking oil and ghee in pan. Add the mustard seeds. next add the clove, cinnamon, hing, red chilies and curry leaves.

When it sizzles, add the toor dal along with tomato, jaggery, chopped ginger, chopped green chili, chili powder, turmeric powder and salt.

Add some water as required depending on the consistency.

Add dates paste, peanuts bring to boil and simmer for a few minutes. Switch off. Add the lemon juice.

Serve with Rotli and Rice.

Notes

Since my family is not too much into sweet dals, I added very little jaggary and dates.

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Recipe

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How to make Gujarati Dal ~ Simple and Easy Recipe

Course Main Dish – Gravies

Cuisine Gujarathi

Author Srivalli

Ingredients

1 cup Toor Dal
2 tbsp Peanuts
1 medium Tomato
1 tsp Jaggery Powdered
1" Ginger
2 Green Chillies
1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder
A Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp Dates paste
1 tsp Lemon Juice

For Tempering

1 tbsp Ghee
1 tsp Cooking Oil
1/2 tsp Mustard
2 Clove
1" Cinnamon
A Little Hing
1 Dry Red Chilli
Curry Leaves few

Instructions

How to make Gujarati Dal

Pressure cook the toor dal with turmeric powder and enough water. Let it cool and then grind into a smooth paste.
Microwave peanuts in a cup of water for 5 mins, remove and keep it aside.
Heat cooking oil and ghee in pan. Add the mustard seeds. Next, add the clove, cinnamon, hing, red chilies and curry leaves.
When it sizzles, add the toor dal along with tomato, jaggery, chopped ginger, chopped green chili, red chili powder, turmeric powder and salt.
Add some water as required depending on the consistency.
Add dates paste, peanuts bring to boil and simmer for a few minutes. Switch off. Add the lemon juice.
Serve with Roti and Rice.

Notes