Maharashtrian Amti | Dal Fry | Ambat Varan

Dals, Maharashtrian Recipes, Vegetarian

This sweet and sour amti gives a nice twist to your humble yellow dal. What’s more, it can be made with some leftover yellow dal as well.

Recipe
Prepartion Time: 5 mins	Cooking Time: 10 mins
Ingredients:	Method:
Ingredients 2 cups toor dal, boiled with water, turmeric and asafoetida and smash the cooked dal into a pulp. (You can also add the turmeric and asafoetida later while cooking). green chillies, based on your spice apetite 7-8 curry leaves a small ball of tamarind, soaked in warm water some jaggery 1 tsp mustard seeds (rai) salt to taste	Add 2 1/5 tbsp oil in a deep vessel add mustard seeds, let them sizzle add green chillies and curry leaves add the dal quickly so the curry leaves don’t burn add some water based on how think you want the dal to be add tamarind pulp add jaggery add salt to taste add coriander to garnish (optional)

Dal Tadka

Dals, Maharashtrian Recipes, Tadka, Vegetarian

Let make Dal Tadka by just changing the technique of the tadka. lets try to give the same yellow dal which we had used earlier a completely different flavour & taste.

Tadka on Yellow Dal

Dals, Maharashtrian Recipes, Tadka, Vegetarian

So, what exactly is a tadka? Tadka or tempering is technique involves adding spices to hot oil. it remains a delicate technique which makes your dish from good to perfect. Keep the oil lukewarm and the spices won’t sizzle Heat the oil too much and the spices will burn. Lets check the simplest way of adding a tadka on a plain yellow dal.