Name: Chana Daal Fry (Bengal Gram Fry)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Bengal gram /chana daal; 1 tbsp Yellow Moong Daal; 1 Tomatoes / Tamatar; 2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch; 1 tsp Ginger / Adrak (Chopped); 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder; 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder; 2 tsp Tamarind / Imli pulp; 1/4 tsp Garam Masala Powder; 1 tsp Salt / Namak; 2 tbsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee; 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera; 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder; 3 Whole red chilies

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Chana dal fry -Split bengal gram cooked in tomato sauce and Indian spices.

Chana daal is a very healthy and delicious lentil preparation. It is quite easy to make and goes well with rice, poori and roti’s. The chana daal should be soaked before cooking so it will not take much time and cook fast.

You can pressure the soaked daal or cook it in a pan. The cooked daal is added in a tomato gravy and few basic spices are added in the daal. Then the daal is simmered for some time so it will absorb the flavours. Lemon juice or some tamarind juice is added in the ready daal for sourness.

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2.84 from 6 votes

Chana Daal Fry (Bengal Gram Fry)

Chana dal fry - Split bengal gram cooked in tomato sauce and Indian spices.

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time20 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: North Indian Cuisine, Punjabi Cuisine

Keyword: chana daal, Dal

Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

1 cup Bengal gram /chana daal
1 tbsp Yellow Moong Daal
1 Tomatoes / Tamatar
2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch
1 tsp Ginger / Adrak Chopped
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
2 tsp Tamarind / Imli pulp
1/4 tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tsp Salt / Namak
2 tbsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
3 Whole red chilies

Instructions

Wash and soak both daal for 15 minutes
Pressure cook with turmeric and 1.5 cup water for 3 whistles or till cooked well
Heat oil in a pan add cumin, whole chillies and asafoetida, then add chopped green chillies and tomatoes.
Add salt and cover and cook till soft.
Now add chilli powder, boiled daal, ginger, tamarind paste and 1 cup of water.
Simmer for 5 minutes then add garam masala and fresh coriander.
Serve hot.

Notes

Serving suggestions-serve with, pakwan, poori, paratha or as a side dish. This is also served with Sindhi dish-daal pakwan

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Comments

Sobha Shyam says

2012-04-02 at

yummy platter..chana dal fry looks delicious 🙂

Vimitha Anand says

2012-04-01 at

My type of comfort food… Looks nice

radha says

2012-04-01 at

That plate looks so good! As does the dal!

Jay says

2012-04-01 at

yummy flavors…looks wonderful..;)
Tasty Appetite

maha says

2012-03-31 at

wow…u done this perfectly. n the pics r very clean n cool.iam sure u n ur family enjoyed allot…
Maha

Julie says

2012-03-31 at

Beautiful platter & so tempting!!
Erivum Puliyum

Hema says

2012-03-31 at

Dal looks awesome and the lunch spread, can I stop by your place, looks so inviting..

Kalpana Sareesh says

2012-03-31 at

Yummy dhal and tempting meal..

Jaleela says

2012-03-31 at

yummy combo

Meena says

2012-03-31 at

wow dal looks so yummy. it looks like the dal my mom used to make

for dal pakwan we made this dal at times. and i liked ur presentation. it looks so tempting and inviting

Kanan says

2012-03-31 at

Dal fry looks great. nice recipe

faseela says

2012-03-31 at

yummy daal fry….awesome recipe…