Ambe Dal
INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes
- Preparation Time: 4-5 Hours
- 1 cup chana dal /split bengal gram
- ½ - ¾ cup grated raw mango/kairi
- ¼ cup finely freshly chopped coriander leaves (cilantro)
- 3-4 green chilies
- 10-12 curry leaves/ kadipatta
- 1-2 tbsp oil for tempering
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin Seeds
- ¼ tsp asafoetida/hing
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp sugar or as per taste
- Salt as per taste
DIRECTIONS
- 1. Soak the chana dal in four cups of water for at least four hours. Once soaked drain it thoroughly.
- 2. Now grind dal using mortar pestle coarsely, do not add any water while grinding. You can do the same using mixer.
- 3. You can also coarsely grind jeera/cumin, chillies and a pinch of salt in the mortar pestle. This will give your dal extra flavor.
- 4. Add this chilly mix to chana dal and mix well.
- 5. Now add grated raw mango or kairi , salt and sugar and coriander leaves to this dal mixture.
- 6. Heat oil in pan for tempering , to this add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Then add asafoetida and turmeric powder. Lastly add curry leaves and let it fry.
- 7. Turn off the flame and this tempering to our chana dal and kairi mix.
- 8. Ambe dal is ready.