Tur Dal with tadka
Tur dal - Indian daily food recipe
Recipe prepared from red gram is very common Indian dish. It is main source of protein and depending on your choice, we can make it rich and spicy.
Ingredients we will need to make this dish:
Red gram (tur dal) : . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 cup
Red chili powder (lal mirchi) : 1/2 table spoon
Green chili (hari mirchi) : . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2
Turmeric powder (haldi) : . . . . 3/4 tea spoon
Coriander powder (dhania) : . . . 1 table spoon
Tomato (tamater) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one
Onion (pyaj) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . (small) one
Cocum : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 5
Coriander leaves (hara dhania)
Salt (namak) to taste
We will require these ingredients for tempering
Mustard seed (rai) : . . . . . . 1 tea spoon
Cumin seed (jeera) : . . . . . 1/2 tea spoon
Curry leaves (kadi patta) : . . . . . 8 to 10
Garlic (lasoon) : . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 8
Red chili flake (lal mirchi) : 1/2 tea spoon
Asafoetida (hing) : (optional) 1/4 tea spoon
Oil (tel) : . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 table spoon
Pressure cook red gram with red chili powder, slit green chili, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chopped tomato and long cut onion for three minutes. Let it set for fifteen minutes in the cooker. Mash it and keep it aside.
Heat oil in small top or 'vagharia'. Add all spices and finely chopped garlic and cook till garlic is just golden brown. Transfer this temper in mashed dal and stir it. Add salt and water (if required) and let it cook on a slow flame for twenty minutes. Garnish tur dal with coriander leaves.
Should you prefer hot and spicy, increase the quantity of chili. Use more oil to make it rich.
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