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Aamti Recipe
How to make Aamti
About Aamti: An appetizing Maharashtrian style dal made with yellow gram dal. Tempered with chillies, garam masala, curry leaves and mustard seeds.
- Total Cook Time 35 mins
- Prep Time 05 mins
- Cook Time 30 mins
- Recipe Servings2
- Easy
Ingredients of Aamti
- 1/2 cup yellow gram dal
- 1 stalk curry leaves
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 cloves
- 2 green chillies
- 1/2 Tbsp coriander finely chopped
- 1 tsp black maharashtrian masala (use paav bhaji masala or goda masala)
- 1/4 tsp garam masala
- 1/4 tsp coriander seed
- Turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 6-7 kokams soaked in 1/2 cup water
- 4 cups water
- 1 Tbsp oil or ghee
- 1/2 tsp each cumin & mustard seeds
How to Make Aamti
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1. Wash and soak daal for 15 minutes. Then pressure cook it till very soft (4 whistles).
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2. Cool cooker and remove drain water from daal and save.
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3. Knead the kokams between fingers. Then press out and remove.
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4. Keep the water aside. Then grind daal to a fine paste either on stone or in a mixie.
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5. Mix with water and residual water of daal. Blend well till smooth.
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6. Heat oil in a deep saucepan. Add seeds, curry leaves, allow to splutter.
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7. Add slit chillies, cloves, bay leaf, and saute for one minute.
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8. Add kokam water. Make paste of masalas in 1/4 cup water.
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9. Add paste, fry further for one minute. Add daal, bring to a boil and simmer for 8-10 minutes.
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10. Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot.
Nutritional Value
- 420 kcalCalories
- 16gProtien
- 16gFats
- 46gCarbs
- 0gCholesterol
- 16gFibre
- 1998MgSodium
- 757MgPotassium
- 10MgIron
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