Amti Recipe | Amti Dal

For cooking the dal

• ½ cup toor dal toor dal or arhar dal or pigeon pea lentils
• 1 pinch turmeric powder
• 1.5 to 2 cups water - for pressure cooking

Other ingredients for amti recipe

• 2 kokum or 1 teaspoon seedless tamarind tightly packed soaked in 2 tablespoons of hot water
• 1.5 to 2 teaspoons goda masala or kala masala
• ½ tablespoon jaggery gur) or as required, powdered
• ½ tablespoon Coriander leaves (chopped)
• ½ to 1 cup water to be added later or add as required
• 1 to 1.5 tablespoon coconut optional, grated
• salt as required

for tempering amti dal

• ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
• 7 to 9 curry leaves
• 1 to 2 green chili or ¼ to ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
• 1.5 to 2 tablespoons neutral cooking oil or ghee, generic cooking oil

for garnish

• 1 to 2 tablespoons Coriander leaves (chopped)