Dal fry
Curry
Vegetarian
Cake
Ingredients
- Toor dal - 1 cup
- Water - 2-1/2 cups
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
- Ghee - 3 tbs
- Chopped tomatoes - 1 cup
- Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Bay Leaf - 2
- Green Chilli - 1 tbs chopped
- Ginger - 2 tsp shredded
- Cilantro - 2 tbs
- Red Pepper - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - 1/2 tsp
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
Instructions
- Wash and soak toor dal in approx. 3 cups of water, for at least one hours. Dal will be double in volume after soaking. Drain the water.
- Cook dal with 2-1/2 cups water and add salt, turmeric, on medium high heat, until soft in texture (approximately 30 mins) it should be like thick soup.
- In a frying pan, heat the ghee. Add cumin seeds, and mustard seeds. After the seeds crack, add bay leaves, green chili, ginger and chili powder. Stir for a few seconds.
- Add tomatoes, salt and sugar stir and cook until tomatoes are tender and mushy.
- Add cilantro and garam masala cook for about one minute.
- Pour the seasoning over dal mix it well and cook for another minute.
- Serve with Naan.
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