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Daal tadka
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Daal Tadka Recipe

Daal tadka-A popular and delicious daal made with yellow lentil and pigeon pea lentil/tuvar daal
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Lentil/Daal, Main Course
Cuisine: North Indian Cuisine, Punjabi Cuisine
Keyword: daal tadka, moong daal, tuvar daal
Servings: 5 people
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 2 cup Yellow Lentil / Moong Daal (dhuli huee)
  • 4 tbsp Pigeon Pea / Tuvar / Arhar ki daal
  • 3 big Tomatoes / Tamatar
  • 1 inch Ginger / Adrak sliced
  • 3 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch slit lengthwise
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala
  • 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
  • 1.5 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
  • 2 tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
  • To Taste Salt / Namak
  • 1/4 cup Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
  • 2 tsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras optional

Tadka/ Tempering/ Waghar

  • 2 Tbsp Cooking Oil
  • 2 tbsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 2 Whole red chilies – 4
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri chili powder

Instructions

  • Wash the lentils and soak the lentils for approx. 30 minutes.
  • Add 2.5 cups of water, turmeric and the soaked lentils then cok in a pan or pressure cook for just for 1 whistle on medium heat.
  • When done, open the pressure cooker and add 1.5 cup hot water, mix gently and give it a boil
  • Chop tomatoes and ginger in small pieces and slit green chilli lengthwise.
  • Heat oil in a pan,then add butter ,now add cumin seeds and asafoetida.
  • When cumin start crackling add chopped green chillies,tomato and ginger.
  • Add salt and cover and cook, till tomato become soft and mushy.
  • Stir and add garam masala,red chili masala, pav bhaji masala and cook ,when oil start separating from the masala then add this masala into the cooked lentils and mix gently.Add a cup of water and cook on medium heat till it start boiling again.
  • Now switch off the flame and add fresh coriander and lemon juice
  • Pour the prepared daal in the serving bowl.
  • Heat 1 tsp ghee and 2 tsp oil in a small pan and add 1/2 tsp cumin,hing and 1 tsp kashmiri chili powder and pour over the prepared daal.
  • Serve hot with a spoon of melted ghee or butter on top:)
  • Serving suggestions-Best served with tandoori roti, naan and jeera rice