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Maharashtrian Style Thick Dal

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Course Side Dish
Cuisine Maharashtra

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Cooked toor/arhar dal
  • 1 Medium-sized onion finely chopped
  • 2 Green chillies finely chopped
  • Curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp Fresh chopped coriander
  • 2 Dried red chillies
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Asafoetida
  • 1 tsp Cumin and mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Roasted sunflower seeds powder
  • 2 tsp Roasted coarsely ground peanut powder
  • 1/2 tsp Kala masala
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp Lemon juice optional

Instructions
 

  • Heat a medium-sized iron kadhai or any kadhai add oil when oil is enough hot add mustard-cumin seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves, green chillies, red dried chillies, chopped onion. Stir well for one minute.
  • Now add all the powdered masalas turmeric powder, red chilli powder, Kala masala and salt mix well and add cooked toor dal, peanut powder and sunflower seeds powder. Mix everything well. Cover the kadhai with a lid and cook for another 2 minutes. Add lemon juice if you like.
  • Thick dal is ready to garnish with chopped coriander. Serve with chapati or any millet roti. Tastes well with jowar bhakri, kadhi and raw onion.