Khatti Meethi Dal Recipe Gujarati Sweet Sour Dal Recipe

Khatti Meethi Dal Recipe (Sweet & Sour Dal)

While we were young my mother does her dal curry at least 5 times a week. We love to have dal with rice, ghee and papad. We will have it with some spicy chilli pachadi(I will post soon), since that curry was so bland, but the taste was so good. Nowadays I too cook lots of dals to make my family healthy. But my dals will be little spicier and has tons of flavours in it.

About Khatti Meethi Dal Recipe (Sweet & Sour Dal)

This is one of the dal which is packed with all types of taste in it..It has spiciness to it along with sourness and lets not forget sweetness too. I made this a month back and it disappeared in no time. We had it with roti, but I am sure it will taste great with roti. Similar Recipe,Bachelor Sambar PowderSimple SambarRadish SambarLadysfinger SambarOnion SambarPotato SambarVegetable Sambar Pin

Ingredients for Khatti Meethi Dal Recipe (Sweet & Sour Dal)

Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - 1 cup Tamarind paste - 1 tblspn Jaggery / Sarkarai - 2 tblspn Salt to taste

Ghee - 2 tblspn Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small stick Cardamom / yelakai - 3 crushed Cloves / Krambu - 3 Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp Dry Red Chilli - 2 Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn Chilli powder - 1 tsp Garam masala powder - 1 tsp

How to Make Khatti Meethi Dal Recipe (Sweet & Sour Lentils)

Cooking Dal

Wash dal in lots of water. Soak it for 30 mins. Now drain it and add it to a pot and cover it with water. Cook the dal for 20-30 mins till it is completely cooked. At this point you can adjust the water level. Now add in tamarind, jaggery and salt. Mix well.

Making Khatti Meethi Dal Seasoning

Now start by making the tadka. In another frying pan add ghee and heat it up. Add all the ingredients given in the tempering list in the given order and saute on low heat for a min. Pour this seasoning over the dal and mix well. Simmer this whole thing for 5 mins. Serve over rice or roti. Pin If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can. Follow me on Instagram, Facebook,Pinterest ,Youtube and Twitter for more Yummy Tummy inspiration.