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Gujarati Dal




















Ingredients
For 4
For 100

Split red gram
100gms
2.5kg
Green chillies
6gms
150gms
Ginger
5gms
125gms
Turmeric
1gms
25gms
Jaggery
12 – 15gms 
300gms
Salt
To taste
100gms
Cocum
3 – 4
100
   Or 


Tamarind
15gms
375gms
Water
1.25ltr
30ltr
Oil
15ml
300ml

To temper



Mustard seeds
1gm
20gms
Fenugreek
1gm
20gms
Asafoetida
1gm
20gms


Boil the gram in water till well cooked. Mash well. Add sliced green chillies, ginger, turmeric, salt, tamarind juice or cocum and jaggery. Boil for half an hour over slow fire. Remove. Heat oil in a frying pan. Add mustard seeds, fenugreek and asafoetida. As the seeds splutter, pour over dal. Mix well.

 N.B. Split black gram (urad dal) can be substituted for red gram. Use 30gms of curds beaten up in a cup of water instead of tamarind or cocum and reduce jaggery to 10gms