Punjabi Dal Tadka Recipe

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Prep Time 20 Minutes

Cooking Time 45 Minutes

Servings 2-3

Rating

Dal Tadka is one of the most popular dal recipes. Basically, dal tadka are cooked lentils, which are lastly tempered with oil or ghee, fried spices, and coriander. It’s rich and appetizing flavor makes it suitable to be served with an array of Indian Flat Bread or Rice.

Ingredients

For the dal:

1 cuptoor dal
½ inchginger, crushed
1onion, finely choppeds
1tomato, finely chopped
2 tspgarlic, crushed
1 tspturmeric powder
1 tspred chili powder
fewcoriander leaves, chopped
1 tspcoriander powder
saltto taste

for the tempering/tadka:

2 tspghee or clarified butter
1 tspmustard seeds
1 tspcumin seeds/jeera
3red chilies, dried
pinchof asafoetida/hing
½ tspred chili powder
½ tspgaram masala powder
fewcurry leaves

Directions

To make dal tadka:

Step1Pressure cook 1 cup of toor dal in 4 cups of water for 40 minutes.
Step2Heat ghee in a non-stick pan and saute onions till they turn golden brown.
Step3Add crushed garlic and ginger.
Step4Saute for a minute.
Step5Add chopped tomatoes and cook until tomato release oil.
Step6Add red chili powder and turmeric powder.
Step7Add coriander powder and fry without burning the spices.
Step8Add in cooked daland mix well with onion tomato gravy.
Step9Add salt to taste.
Step10Adjust the consistency by adding required water.
Step11Add chopped coriander leaves.

Tadka for dal tadka recipe:

Step1In a pan pour ghee, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chili powder, curry leaves, hing and dried red chili and let them splutter.
Step2Pour the tadka on dal.
Step3Serve with steamed rice or Indian Flat Bread.

Also, Read Indian Dal Makhani Recipe

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