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Dal fry
VegetarianIndian Cuisine

Dal fry

About This Recipe

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Wash and soak toor dal in approx.

  2. 2

    3 cups of water, for at least one hours.

  3. 3

    Dal will be double in volume after soaking.

  4. 4

    Drain the water.

  5. 5

    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.

  6. 6

    In a frying pan, heat the ghee.

  7. 7

    Add cumin seeds, and mustard seeds.

  8. 8

    After the seeds crack, add bay leaves, green chili, ginger and chili powder.

  9. 9

    Stir for a few seconds.

  10. 10

    Add tomatoes, salt and sugar stir and cook until tomatoes are tender and mushy.

  11. 11

    Add cilantro and garam masala cook for about one minute.

  12. 12

    Pour the seasoning over dal mix it well and cook for another minute.

  13. 13

    Serve with Naan.

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Ingredients

  • Toor dal

    Toor dal

    1 cup

  • Water

    Water

    2-1/2 cups

  • Salt

    Salt

    1 tsp

  • Turmeric

    Turmeric

    1/4 tsp

  • Ghee

    Ghee

    3 tbs

  • Chopped tomatoes

    Chopped tomatoes

    1 cup

  • Cumin seeds

    Cumin seeds

    1/2 tsp

  • Mustard Seeds

    Mustard Seeds

    1/2 tsp

  • Bay Leaf

    Bay Leaf

    2

  • Green Chilli

    Green Chilli

    1 tbs chopped

  • Ginger

    Ginger

    2 tsp shredded

  • Cilantro

    Cilantro

    2 tbs

  • Red Pepper

    Red Pepper

    1/2 tsp

  • Salt

    Salt

    1/2 tsp

  • Sugar

    Sugar

    1 tsp

  • Garam Masala

    Garam Masala

    1/4 tsp

Additional Information

Source

Original Recipe

Category

Vegetarian

Cuisine

Indian

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