Gujarati Dal

Source : Take Tuvar Dal Wash It Properly And Add In The Pressure Cooker Add 1 5 Cups Of Water Turmeric Salt And Few Drops Of Oil Switch On The Stove And Let I...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : May 30, 2026

Step:

  1. Take tuvar dal wash it properly and add in the pressure cooker. Add 1.5 cups of water, turmeric, salt and few drops of oil.

  2. Switch on the stove and let it pressure cook for 3-5 whistles.

  3. After Dal got cooked. Open the cooker and blend the dal with hand or electric blender so it mix well.

  4. Now add more 1/2 cup water. If you want liquid consistency you can add more water and if you want thick consistency don't add water.

  5. Now add finely chopped tomato, green chilli, ginger in it and boil for 5-7 minutes at the same time also add sugar or Jaggery in it.

  6. Now for tadka take a tadka pan. Heat 1 tbsp oil. Add mustard and cumin seeds. Asafoetida, curry leaves, clove, cinnamon, fenugreek seeds, dry red chilli and bay leaf. Then add tadka in the dal carefully. As it spread while we put in dal. As soon as tadka in dal close lid. So tadka can't get out and got nice flavour.

  7. Now add lemon juice and mix well. Garnished with coriander leaves. Dal is ready to serve with rice or roti.

    Gujarati Dal recipe step 7 photo
  8. If you want Dal more spicy you can add red chilli powder, band garam masala in it.


Ingredients

  1. 1/2 cup split red gram (tuvar Dal)
  2. 2 cups water
  3. 1 tbsp salt
  4. 1 tbspn sugar/Jaggery
  5. 1/2 tsp turmeric
  6. 1/4 tsp asafoetida
  7. 1/2 tsp mustard seed
  8. 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
  9. 3-4 fenugreek seeds
  10. 1 cinnamon
  11. 1 red dry chilli
  12. 2-3 clove
  13. 1 bay leaf
  14. 3-4 curry leaves
  15. 1 tbspn coriander leaves
  16. 1 finely chopped tomato
  17. 1 green chilli, finely chopped
  18. 1/2 inch grated ginger
  19. 1 tbsp oil
  20. 1 tbsp lemon juice

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