Dal Fry Recipe (Restaurant Style)

• porții: 3 servings
• timp activ: 5 minutes
• timp total: 35 minutes

Ingrediente

1 cup toor dal (split pigeon peas) (or ¾ cup toor dal + ¼ cup moong dal or masoor dal)

2½ cups water (3 cups for Instant pot, more for regular pot)

2 tablespoons ghee (or oil or butter)

½ to ¾ teaspoon cumin seeds

½ teaspoon mustard seeds (optional)

⅛ teaspoon hing (asafoetida)

1 dried red chilli (broken (optional)

1 to 2 green chilies (slit or chopped) (optional)

1 medium onion (¼ cup chopped finely)

1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste (or ½ inch ginger & 2 garlic cloves fine chopped)

1 large tomato (½ cup chopped or pureed)

¼ teaspoon turmeric

¼ to ½ teaspoon red chili powder (adjust to taste)

¼ to ½ teaspoon garam masala (adjust to taste)

¾ to 1 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)

½ cup water (to use for consistency)

½ teaspoon kasuri methi (crushed (dried fenugreek leaves)

2 tablespoons coriander leaves (finely chopped)

1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice (or as needed (optional)

Instrucțiuni

Preparation:

Add dal to a pot or cooker. Rinse it well a few times until water runs clear. (optional - To cut down the cook time, soak them for 30 minutes and drain the water.)

To cook in pressure cooker: Pour 2½ cups water. Pressure cook on a medium heat for 2 to 3 whistles. When the pressure releases, open the lid and mash the dal slightly.

To cook in pot: Add dal to a heavy bottom pot and pour 3 cups water & bring it to a boil. Simmer uncovered until soft & mushy, adding more hot water as needed. To cut down the cooking time, soak it warm water for 30 mins and cook.

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How to Make Dal Fry

Heat a pan with ghee, oil or butter. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and dried red chili. When the spices begin to splutter, add hing.

Next add onions and green chilies. Saute until the onions turn golden.

Add ginger garlic and saute until the raw smell of ginger garlic goes off. This takes about a minute.

Then add tomatoes and salt. Saute on a medium flame until tomatoes turn soft.

Add red chili powder, garam masala and turmeric. Saute for 2 mins till the masala begins to smell good & leaves the pan.

Add the mashed dal & mix well. Pour more water as needed to bring it to a desired consistency. (watch video)

Cook until the dal begins to bubble well. When dal fry reaches the desired consistency, crush kasuri methi in your palms and add it.

Taste test and add more salt if needed. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve dal fry with rice, roti, butter naan or paratha. When the temperature comes down slightly squeeze in some lemon juice.

Nutriție

• Calorii: 355 kcal
• Grăsime totală: 11 g
• Grăsime saturată: 6 g
• Colesterol: 26 mg
• Sodiu: 659 mg
• Carbohidrați totali: 47 g
• Fibre dietetice: 22 g
• Zaharuri totale: 5 g
• Proteine: 18 g