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Dal fry

Dal fry is a part of main course of Indian kitchen. This is a popular dish which we can find at all restaurants and dhabas. You can make this simple dal recipe with just toor or arhar dal or a mix of toor and chana dal. It’s packed with flavor, really easy to make and tastes so good with rice. Everyone adults or kids like dal chawal. So it goes well with rice and roti. It is packed with flavor and taste. It is really easy to make and healthy.

For making this dal fry, onion-tomato is cooked with some spices. Then boiled toor dal is added. Onion and garlic is not so important for this recipe. You can make this without onion and garlic. Here is how to make dal fry recipe just like restaurants.

Dal fry

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: North Indian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients:

1 cup toor dal (arhar dal)
Water as required
Salt as per your taste
½ tsp Haldi (turmeric powder)

For Tampering

3 teaspoon oil or butter
1 teaspoon cumin seeds (Jeera)
A small pinch of heeng
2 slit green chillies
¼ teaspoon red chilly powder
2 large tomato
10 curry leaves
½ teaspoon crushed ginger
½ teaspoon coriander powder
¼ teaspoon garam masala
2 teaspoons cilantro leaves (coriander leaves) chopped
½ tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions:

Pressure cooking of Dal-

Wash toor dal under running cold water till water runs clear.


Then add washed dal and 2 cup of water in a pressure cooker. Add salt and turmeric powder.


Cover with the lid, put the weight on. Turn the heat on medium.
Let it cook for 5-6 whistles till dal cooked completely. Once the pressure is released, open the lid. Mash the dal. Keep it aside.



Making Dal fry:

Wash the tomatoes and chop finely. If you want you can blend it into a smooth paste.
Heat oil or ghee in a pan. Add jeera and heeng.


When jeera crackle and change in color, add curry leaves, green chilli and ginger. Curry leaves gives a nice flavor to dal.
Then add tomatoes. Fry tomatoes till oil releases.

Now add coriander powder, red chilli powder and garam masala. Oil should start to leave the masala mixture. Mix well and add coriander leaves. Switch off the flame.
Now pour this tampering into pressure cooked dal. Add lemon juice and mix well.
Remove it to a serving bowl. Serve hot with jeera rice or plain rice and chapati accompanied with papad, pickle and salad.

Tips:

  • If you are using onion and garlic, add chopped onion and garlic before tomato puree. Fry onion till they become translucent and raw aroma disappear.
  • Dal fry is not thin and is usually has a medium to thick consistency. so you can adjust the amount of water you want.
  • I have used only toor dal here. You can use toor dal with a combination of toor, moong and masoor dal too.
  • You can sprinkle kasoori methi. It gives an aroma.
  • Use ghee for enhanced flavor and taste instead of oil.
You may also like:

Dal Tadka    Yellow Moong Dal Tadka    Sabut Masoor Ki Dal


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