Satari Ghuta – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take urad dal into a wet napkin.
• Rub it well with napkin to remove the powder coating on the dal.
• You can use urad dal with or without skin the one that you have.
• Transfer the dal into the cooker and roast it a little for about 3-4 minutes so that it will become light and get cooked quickly.
• When dal gets light golden color add water and cook dal on medium heat until 3-4 whistles.
• For making vatan or masala for ghuta in a blender jar take green chilies, dry coconut, garlic, ginger, coriander leaves and blend them into paste.
• Use minimum water while blending. Vatan or masala is all ready.
• Open the lid of the cooker, add a little water and beat the cooked dal really good with whisk.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and let it pop up.
• Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
• Add hing, curry leaves and vatan or masala.
• Mix well and fry for about 2-3 minutes.
• Add turmeric powder and mix well.
• Add cooked dal into the tadka, water to adjust the consistency and mix well.
• Add salt and mix well. Simmer on medium heat for about 5-6 minutes.
• Ghuta is all ready.
• It goes well with bhakari, chapatti or fulka too.
• It goes well with steamed rice.
• This dal serves enough for 4 people.