Warm, richly spiced, and built for a satisfying meal, amti recipe | maharashtrian amti dal recipe | toor dal amti is a vegetarian maharashtra dal made with ghee / clarified butter, mustard / rai, and jeera / cumin in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: dal
- Cuisine: maharashtra
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp mustard / rai
- ½ tsp jeera / cumin
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves
- 1 green chilli (finely chopped)
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 2 cup toor dal (pressure cooked)
- 1 tbsp goda masala
- ¼ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- ½ tbsp jaggery / gud
- 5 kokum / punarpuli
- 2 tbsp coconut (grated)
- ¾ tsp salt
- water
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 1 tbsp ghee and saute 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp jeera, pinch of hing and few curry leaves.
- also add 1 green chilli, ¼ tsp turmeric and saute on low flame.
- further add 2 cup cooked toor dal (1 cup dal + 3 cup water pressure cooked for 5 whistles)
- get the dal to boil and add 1 tbsp goda masala, ¼ tsp chilli powder, ½ tbsp jaggery, 5 kokum, 2 tbsp coconut, ¾ tsp salt. mix well.
- add ½ cup water and adjust consistency as required.
- mix well and boil for 5 minutes or till spices gets cooked completely.
- finally, add coriander leaves and serve amti dal with hot steamed rice.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
