Dal Fry

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Add tomatoes, salt and sugar stir and cook until tomatoes are tender and mushy.
  5. Add cilantro and garam masala cook for about one minute.
  6. Pour the seasoning over dal mix it well and cook for another minute.
  7. 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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