Maharashtrian Toor Amti
A wholesome Indian recipe crafted for health-conscious eating: nutritious, delicious, and easy to make at home.
Thin toor dal brightened with goda masala, kokum or tamarind, and a mustard temper — the everyday Maharashtrian amti for rice.
Amti is the everyday dal of Maharashtra. It is thin, tangy and a little spicy from goda masala, and it is made to go over rice with a spoon of ghee. If your dal is usually thick and plain, this is a nice change.
Ingredients
How to Make It
Cook dal soft; mash and thin with water.
Add goda masala, kokum/tamarind and salt; simmer.
Temper and pour over. Keep pourable.
Nutrition per serving
* Approximate values per serving
Health Benefits
Light, tangy dal without cream. Goda masala delivers depth with little oil.
Goda masala brings its own sweetness from coconut and sesame, so you only need a tiny bit of jaggery to balance the kokum. A thin dal also fills a plate of rice without much oil.
Pro Tips
- →Should be thinner than Punjabi dals.
- →Balance tang and sweet.
- →Fresh curry leaves help.
- →Cook the dal until it falls apart and whisk it smooth before thinning.
- →Add the goda masala to the tempering oil briefly before the dal goes in.
- →Keep the consistency pourable. It will thicken as it sits.
A calorie note
Most of the calories in this dish come from a few ingredients. For reference, per 100 g: Cooking oil: about 884 kcal (about 40 kcal per teaspoon); Jaggery: about 380 kcal; Toor dal (dry): about 343 kcal. Measure these with a spoon or scale, because small changes here move the total more than anything else. Values are rounded from USDA FoodData Central and the Indian Food Composition Tables (IFCT 2017), as of 13 Oct 2026, and vary by variety and by table. General information, not medical advice.
Variations
- 1Add tomato.
- 2Use sambar powder in a pinch.
- 3Add a handful of peanuts or a few cubes of raw mango in season for a different kind of sourness.
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