Dal tadka

l Dal tadka

Serves: 04

Preparation Time: 40 Minutes

Difficulty: Easy

dal tadka

Ingredients

• Toor dal - 3 cups

• Refined oil - 3 table spoon

• Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon

• Cumin - 2 teaspoon

• Red chili - 1 no.

• Curry leaf - 2 spring

• Garlic - 4 clove

• Onion - 1 medium sized

• Green chili - 2 no.

• Tomato - 1 no.

• Chili powder - 2 teaspoon

• Turmeric powder - teaspoon

• Salt - for taste

• Coriander leaf - 3-4 spring

• Asafoetida (optional) - a pinch

• Butter or ghee - 1 spoon

Preparation

• Wash and soak dal

• Chop garlic, onion and tomato

• Slit green chilies

Cooking

• Boil dal with little chunks onion, tomato, green chili and a clove of garlic

• In another pan, heat oil,

• Temper mustard seeds, cumin, curry leaves, red chili by adding one by one

• Add garlic and saute until it turns mild brown

• Add onion and saute until it start to turn brown

• Add turmeric and chili powder

• Add tomato and cook

• Add the tempered mixture to boiled dal and heat for 3-4 minutes
• Add salt and check for taste

• Finish with a pinch of asafoetida, chopped coriander leaves and ghee/butter

Notes

• Avoid adding turmeric powder or salt during initial stage of boiling dal, which may prolong boiling time
• Its good if you could allow the dal to boil until mashy consistency; however if you are in hurry or wish to save time, run dal in a mixie or blender once 80% cooked & continue cooking
• Replace toor dal with split moong dal