Traditional Gujarati Dal Test Recipe

Step by step process of cooking Gujarati Dal: (test recipe) 

First, tuvar Dal is washed and cleaned then placed within a pressure cooker.

The Dal is to be cooked until two of the whistles are blown from the pressure cooker.

In a pan, oil, mustard and cumin seeds are added and fried. The curry leaves are then added shortly after.

The pan is then cooled before adding tomatoes otherwise it is splatter.

Once the tomatoes are added, the ginger cube and two chillies are added.

The spices and other ingredients are then added within the dish, such as chili powder, turmeric, salt, sugar, peanuts and desiccated coconut are added.

The tomatoes are then reduced till it is a thicker mixture.

fresh coriander is then added to the tomatoes, however this can also be added right before serving.

Once two whistles had finished from the pressure cooker, the mixture (once cooled) is chopped using a food processor.

The mixture is then added to the tomato base sauce.

Water is then added to thin out the mixture more clearly and then boiled for 10 minutes. Once this is completed the Dal is served.