Rasawala vaal nu shaak is a popular Gujarati curry recipe. a healthy curry recipe prepared mainly with white butter beans or also known as vaal. It is a mildly sweet tangy and spicy gravy-based curry recipe. It is simple to prepare and can be served with roti or rice. It is loved by all kinds of age groups. So with a few basic ingredients try out Gujarati rasawala vaal nu shaak.
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Rasawala vaal nu shaak | Gujarati vaal ki sabzi | traditional gujarati vaal sabji
Ingredients
To pressure cook vaal
- 1 cup vaal - white butter beans
- 3 cup water
- Salt to taste
For tamarind jaggery paste
- ยฝ cup water
- 2 tsp tamarind
- 2 tsp jaggery
For masla paste
- 3 tbsp water
- ยฝ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1.5 tsp coriander powder
- ยผ tsp turmeric powder
- ยฝ tsp dry mango powder
- ยฝ tsp cumin powder
For vaal nu shaak
- 4 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp carom seeds
- Pinch of hing
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 dry red chilli
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tbsp besan - gram flour
- 1 tsp dry garlic chutney
- Masala paste
- 1 medium size tomato puree +1/2 inch ginger
- Salt to taste
- 2 green chilli slits
- Boiled vaal with water
- ยฝ tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp tamarind jaggery paste
For tadka
- 2 tbsp oil
- ยฝ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
Instructions
- In a pressure cooker, add soaked vaal, water, salt and oil. Close lid and cook vaal on a medium flame for 5-6 whistle.
- In a pan, add water, tamarind and jaggery. Boil until the tamarind becomes soft. Switch off the flame and sieve tamarind jaggery paste.
- Heat oil in a pan; add carom seeds, a pinch of hing, cumin seeds, bay leaf and dry red chilli. Sautรฉ for a minute.
- Add gram flour and dry garlic chutney. Sautรฉ till it raw smell goes away.
- Add masala paste and roast till it oil separates from it.
- Then add tomato gravy and salt.ย Cover and cook till oil is release from the sides of the gravy.
- Then add boiled vaal with water and mix well.
- Cover and cook for 4-5 till the gravy thickens.
- Add garam masala, tamarind paste and jaggery paste. Mix well.
- Now heat oil in a pan and add red chilli powder. Mix well and add tadka on rasawala vaal. Mix well.
- Serve rasawala vaal nu shaak with rice and roti.
Notes
- Soaked vaal into slightly hot water.
- Pressure cooks vaal on medium flame.
- masala paste gives good color and flavor to vaal shaak
- Roasted besan gives thickness to vaal shaak.
- Oil tadka add more flavor and taste of vaal shaak.
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