Monday 10 June 2013

Dal Tadka


Ingredients :

1 cup Yellow Lentils (Tuvar Dal)
1/2 cup Red Lentils (Masoor Dal)
2-3 chopped green chillies
1/2 tsp Asafoetida (Hing)
1/2 tsp Turmeric pd
1/2 tsp Red chilly pd
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 cup chopped onion
1 chopped tomato
1 sprig curry leaves
5-6 cloves of garlic chopped
1 inch ginger chopped
1 dried Red Chilly
Ghee for tempering
Salt to taste
Corriander leaves (for garnish)

Method :

Wash and Soak Dal for 1 hr or more. Pressure cook both the dal with salt, Turmeric pd, onion, tomato, green chillies, ginger. Cool it and keep aside.

For Tempering : 

Transfer cooked dal to a another vessel and let it simmer. Heat Ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds, hing, broken dried red chilly, chopped garlic, curry leaves and red chilly pd. Add this on top of the dal and close the lid.
Serve with jeera rice.





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