The Paleo Recipe Book

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Indian Daal Recipes - Khatti Meethi Daal

Here's a delicious recipe of khatti meethi dal or sweet and sour dal. Learn how to make khatti meethi dal.

Ingredients:

1 cup Bengal gram
100 gm beet root
50 gm groundnut
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 dried dates
50 gm jaggery
1/2 cup tamarind juice
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp coriander powder
6-7 curry leaves
1 piece cinnamon
2 tsp cloves
1 tsp clarified butter
1 tblsp chopped coriander
1 tsp salt
a pinch of asafetida
2-3 chilly paste

How To Make Sweet And Sour Dal:

1. Rinse Bengal garm and add beet root pieces to it and cook in a cooker.

2. When cooked add turmeric powder, salt, coriander powder, jaggery, dry dates, tamarind juice, curry leaves, groundnut, chilly paste and boil.

3. Prepare the seasoning-Heat oil and add asafetida, cloves, butter, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, cinnamon.

4. Add to the gram and cook for 5 minutes.

5. Garnish with coriander and serve.