Dal Gandori – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take dal in a cooker and wash it well with water.
• Add water, garlic paste, ginger paste, green chilies, raw tomato, ambat chukka, palak and mix well.
• You can use red ripened tomato in place of raw tomato.
• You can use veggies of your choice like green vange.
• Close the lid and cook on medium until 3-4 whistles.
• Beat the dal well with a whisk or ravi.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
• Add curry leaves, hing, green chili, raw peanuts, dry coconut slices and fry everything for about a minute.
• When peanuts and dry coconut is roasted a little add turmeric powder, kala masala and mix well.
• You can add any other kala masala in place of khandeshi kala masala.
• Add cooked dal, salt, water and mix well.
• Dal gandori thickens up as time passes. So add water accordingly.
• Simmer on medium heat until peanuts and coconut is cooked nice and soft for about 7-8 minutes.
• Dal gandori is all ready.
• It goes well with bhakari, rice or as it is as soup.