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maharashtrian varan recipe
Varan is a traditional Maharashtrian yellow dal recipe which is prepared with toor daal. It has a very light garlic flavor and prepared with minimal ingredients.
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Maharashtra
Prep Time
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time
20
minutes
minutes
Servings
2
people [approx]
Author
Priya
Ingredients
½
cup
toor dal
2
cups
water
to pressure cook the dal
1
tablespoon
oil
¼
teaspoon
mustard seeds
a
pinch of
asafoetida
½
teaspoon
turmeric powder
½
teaspoon
garlic
minced
salt to taste
for tadka
1
teaspoon
ghee/clarified butter
¼
teaspoon
red chili powder
Instructions
Take a pressure cooker and transfer toor dal in it. Also, Add water.
pressure cook the dal for 4 whistles on medium flame.mash it and keep it aside.
now, heat oil in pan and mustard seeds.
when they crackle, add asafoetida and minced garlic.
add dry coconut and saute for a while.
now, add boiled dal and gently mix.
add salt to taste and turmeric powder.
cook the mixture for 10 min on medium flame.
now, heat
ghee
in tadka pan.
once the ghee is hot enough, add red chili powder and pour this tadka on the dal.
serve hot with plain rice.
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Notes
you can skip tadka.
you can add onion, tomatoes and green chillies but I want to make this plain so I didn't add it.