Dal Tadka | Tadka Dal | Dal Recipes
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Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3-4 people
 
Homely and comforting, an everyday staple in many households, home style dal tadka
Ingredients
  • ½ Cup toor-dal/togaribele
  • 1 Tbsp desi-ghee/cooking-oil
  • ¾ Tsp jeera/cumin
  • 1 finely chopped green chilli
  • 2 cloves finely chopped garlic
  • 1" piece finely chopped ginger
  • 1 tomato
  • Salt to taste
For Tadka:
  • ½ Tbsp ghee/cooking-oil
  • ½ Tsp mild kashmiri red chilli powder
Method
  1. In a vessel, take toor-dal/togaribele, rinse it under water
  2. Add 2 Cups of water and pressure-cook for 4-5 whistles
  3. Mash the dal and keep aside
  4. In a pan, heat desi-ghee/cooking-oil, add jeera and allow it to splutter
  5. Drop in the chopped green chilli, ginger and garlic
  6. Saute on low flame till raw smell of garlic disappears
  7. Pour this tadka over the dal
  8. Add salt to taste and bring dal to simmer
  9. Grind 1-2 tomatoes into a paste
  10. Pour this over the simmering dal
  11. Lastly, heat little more desi-ghee/cooking-oil in a pan, add red chilli powder and turn off flame
  12. Pour this second tadka over the dal. Serve hot!
Notes
Add a pinch of turmeric when the dal is cooking for a nice colour

Adjust green chillies as per your taste

You can also choose to finely chop the tomatoes and saute with ginger-garlic tadka and then add to dal
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/dal-tadka/