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dal tadka recipe | restaurant style dal tadka

dal tadka recipe | restaurant style dal tadka
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Author HEBBARS KITCHEN

Ingredients

for the dal:

  • 1 cup toor dal
  • ½ inch ginger crushed
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • 1 to mato finely chopped
  • 2 tsp garlic crushed
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • few coriander leaves chopped
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • salt to taste

for the tempering / tadka:

  • 2 tsp ghee or clarified butter
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
  • 3 red chilies dried
  • pinch of asafoetida / hing
  • ½ tsp red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp garam masala powder
  • few curry leaves

Instructions

to make dal tadka:

  • pressure cook 1 cup of toor dal in 4 cups of water for 5 whistles.
  • heat ghee in a non-stick pan and saute onions till they turn golden brown.
  • add crusshed garlic and ginger. saute for a minute.
  • now add chopped tomatoes and cook until tomato release oil.
  • add red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
  • also add coriander powder and fry without burning the spices.
  • now add in cooked daal in mix well with onion tomato gravy.
  • add salt to taste.
  • adjust the consistency by adding required water.
  • finally add chopped coriander leaves.

tadka for dal tadka recipe:

  • in pan take ghee, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilli powder, curry leaves, hing and dried red chilli. let them splutter.
  • pour the tadka on dal and serve with steamed rice.