
Dal Fry
Soft turmeric dal electrified by a sizzling ghee tadka — India's daily comfort, perfected.
- Total
- 35 min
- Serves
- 4
Dal fry is the daily heartbeat of Indian home cooking: toor dal simmered soft with turmeric, then woken up with a tadka of ghee-bloomed cumin, mustard seeds, ginger, green chilli and tomatoes. The sizzling pour-over is the moment everything changes. Ladle over rice, scatter with cilantro, repeat weekly forever.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Toor dal
- 2-1/2 cups Water
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- 3 tbs Ghee
- 1 cup Chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 2 Bay Leaf
- 1 tbs chopped Green Chilli
- 2 tsp shredded Ginger
- 2 tbs Cilantro
- 1/2 tsp Red Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Garam Masala
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.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 300
- Protein
- 12 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
Adapted from instagram.com. Rewritten and re-photographed by MealIdeas.
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