Dal Tadka Recipe

(from Nandini’s recipe box)

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 4 people

Categories: daal

Ingredients

  • moong dal or masoor dal - 1.5 cups
  • turmeric - a pinch
  • green chillies - 3 or 4 (acc to ur spice level)
  • garlic - 2 pods (sliced or minced)
  • coriander leaves - for garnish
  • curry leaves - for garnish
  • salt - to taste
  • lime juice - 1 - 2 tsps
  • For Tadka:
  • cumin seeds - 1 tsp
  • mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • ghee - 2 tsps
  • hing - a pinch
  • Method

Directions

  1. Pressure cook the dal with turmeric. (Take care to see that the dal is not mushy)

  2. Take a non stick vessel and add ghee, cumin seeds and mustard seeds.

  3. After the seeds splutter add hing.

  4. Then add the green chillies and garlic and fry them for a minute.

  5. Add the cooked dal and salt, fry for 4-5 minutes.

  6. Garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.

  7. Add some lime juice and serve it with rotis/rice.

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