Amti

Amtiis a Maharashtrian version of daal that has a distinct sweet and tangy flavour.

Cuisine: Maharashtrian
Total time: 30 mins
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serves: 3 to 4

Ingredients

For pressure-cooking the dal

1 cup Toor dal
2 cups: Water
½ teaspoon Haldi or turmeric powder

For tempering

1 teaspoon: Mustard seeds
1 teaspoon: Jeera or cumin seeds
½ teaspoon Haldi or turmeric powder
1 pinch: Hing or asafoetida
8 to 10: Kadi patta or curry leaves
1 Green chilli
2 tablespoons: Oil or ghee (home-made ghee takes the dish to another level)
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For seasoning

2 teaspoons: Goda masala
½ teaspoon: Gur or jaggery (powdered)
1 tablespoon Coconut (grated)
1 pinch: Kokums
2: Kadi patta or curry leaves
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1 tablespoon: Tamarind juice
1 cup: Water (to be added later as per the required consistency) Salt as per taste

For garnishing

1 teaspoons: Coriander leaves (chopped)

Directions

Cooking the toor daal

  1. Pressure cook the toor daal along with haldi and water for 3 to 4 whistles (or till the dal reaches a mash-able consistency)
  2. Turn off the heat and let the pressure escape on its own.
  3. Open the lid and mash the daal with a ladle.

Tempering

  1. Heat oil or ghee in a kadhai
  2. Add jeera (cumin seeds) and mustard seeds. Wait till they pop and crackle.
  3. Add haldi (turmeric powder) and hing (asafoetida) and stir.
  4. Add curry leaves and green chilli
  5. Now add the cooked toor dal and stir well.
  6. Add water to get the required consistency

Seasoning

  1. 1. Add goda masala, jaggery, coconut, kokum or tamarind juice and salt. (For using tamarind in place of kokum, add the tamarind to two tablespoons of hot water and keep aside for 15 mins. Then extract the juice by squeezing the pulp, and add to the daal.)
  2. Let the daal simmer for 5 minutes.

Finally, garnish with coriander leaves.

Amti pairs incredibly well with hot steamed rice garnished with ghee. Enjoy a comforting meal!

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