Dal Tadka | Tadka Dal | Dal Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3-4 people
- 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
- ½ Tbsp ghee/cooking-oil
- ½ Tsp mild kashmiri red chilli powder
- In a vessel, take toor-dal/togaribele, rinse it under water
- Add 2 Cups of water and pressure-cook for 4-5 whistles
- Mash the dal and keep aside
- In a pan, heat desi-ghee/cooking-oil, add jeera and allow it to splutter
- Drop in the chopped green chilli, ginger and garlic
- Saute on low flame till raw smell of garlic disappears
- Pour this tadka over the dal
- Add salt to taste and bring dal to simmer
- Grind 1-2 tomatoes into a paste
- Pour this over the simmering dal
- Lastly, heat little more desi-ghee/cooking-oil in a pan, add red chilli powder and turn off flame
- Pour this second tadka over the dal. Serve hot!
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/
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