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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