Vatli Dal | Vatli Dal Recipe is a simple,nutritious & traditional Maharashtrian dish made from chana dal (split chickpeas) and flavored with traditional Indian spices.It is a popular dish prepared as prasad for Ganesh Visarjan.

It’s a wholesome and flavorful dish that can be enjoyed as part of a festive meal.Just make sure to prepare it according to your preferences and dietary restrictions,and it can be a delicious addition to your celebration.

Vatli dal can be served with fresh buttermilk,or can be served with pickle and lemon.

More prasad recipes that are prepared on Ganesh Visarjan are mentioned below.just click on the names to read the detailed recipes.

• Curd Rice
• Prasadacha Sheera
• Talniche Modak
• Ganesh Chaturthi Special Recipes
• Ganesh Visarjan Special Food
• Panchkhadya Modak
• Khirapat

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Vatli Dal | Vatli Dal Recipe

course : prasad,main course

cuisine : Maharashtrian

soak : 4 hours

prep : 10 minutes

cook : 20 minutes

total : 4 hours 30 minutes

servings : 4

author : suchita pradeep satpute

Ingredients :

• 1 cup Chana Dal | Harbhara Dal (split chickpeas)
• 5- 6 Green Chillies
• ¼ cup Grated Fresh Coconut
• ¼ tsp Hing (asatofida)
• ½ tsp Haldi (turmeric powder)
• 1 tsp Jeera (cumin seeds)
• 1 tsp Mohri (mustard seeds)
• 1 tsp Sugar
• Curry leaves for tempering
• Salt to taste
• 2-3 tbsp Cooking Oil

Step by step method of preparing Vatli Dal | Vatli Dal Recipe :

• Soak chana dal for 4-5 hours.
• Once properly soaked drain the water completely from the dal.
• Add the drained dal to the mixer jar.
• Add green chillies in it.
• Now grind the dal and chillies on pulse mode.
• Grind the dal to a coarse texture,don’t make fine paste.
• Now add oil to the pan.
• Temper oil with curry leaves,hing,jeera,mustard seeds and haldi.
• Saute it.
• Now add coarsely grinded dal to the tempering.
• Add salt & sugar to it.
• Keep mixing dal continuously so that the dal does not sticks the pan.
• Cover the dal and cook for few minutes.
• Keep on sauting the dal so that it does not sticks to the bottom of pan.
• If you find dal too dry sprinkle some water on it.
• Again cover & cook for few minutes.
• Your Vatli dal is done.
• Garnish it with freshly grated coconut and serve hot.

Recipe Notes :

• Drain the water completely from the soaked chana dal before grinding.
• Grind the soaked dal to a coarse texture.
• Cook the dal on low to medium flame.
• See that it doesn’t sticks to the bottom of pan.
• If you find dal too dry try sprinkling some water on it.
• You can add red chilli powder for extra taste while cooking.

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