Katachi Amti
By: Anita Mokashi
Published: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 2:21pm

Ingredients




½ cup chana dal/split Bengal gram
4 cup water
For making paste
5 tbsp dry coconut
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 tsp garam masala
1 tsp shahjeera
2-3 cloves
1 cinnamon
1 whole green cardamom
For tempering
Oil
1 tsp asafetida
2-3 crushed garlic
5-6 curry leaves
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 tbsp Kala tikhat
(substitute-1 tbsp red chilli powder+1 tbsp garam masala)
chopped coriander leaves
salt

Preparation

1 Boil the dal. It will take time to get cooked or you can pressure cook it. 2 In the time being, grind the coconut, ginger garlic paste, garam masala, shahjeera, cloves cinnamon, green cardamom with water into a thick paste. 3 Now heat oil in a pan. 4 Add asafetida, garlic, curry leaves, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, chopped coriander and let it temper. 5 Now add the coconut paste, kala tikhat and salt. Let it cook till oil separates. 6 Finally add the boiled dal. Let it boil for 15 mins. 7 At the end sprinkle coriander leaves. 8 Serve it with Puran Poli. It tastes good with rice too.

About

Katachi Amti is a spicy dal made from the leftover water from boiled chana dal used for making puran poli.