Dal Fry Recipe

(from Nandini’s recipe box)

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 4 people

Categories: daal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of toor dal
  • 1 onion cut into long stripes.
  • 1 green chilly chopped.
  • 1 tomato finely chopped.
  • 1 tsp mixture of mustard seeds, whole coriander seeds, cumin seeds fenugreek seeds.
  • 1/2 tsp of turmeric
  • 1 tsp chilli powder.
  • 1 tsp of dry mango powder
  • 1/2 inch grated ginger.
  • 2 tbsp of cooking oil.
  • 2 tbsp of fresh chopped coriander.
  • salt as per taste.

Directions

  1. Wash dal thoroughly and add 2 cups of water and cook the dal in a pressure cooker until done.

  2. Cool down cooker,remove dal & beat with spoon or a hand beater.

  3. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a kadai or a saucepan.

  4. Add tsp mixture of mustard,cumin,fenugreek & whole coriander seeds.

  5. When seeds states poping add chopped onion,tomato,and grated ginger and cook it until soft.

  6. Add dry mango powder and tsp of chilli powder and fry for a minute.

  7. Add dal mixture and bring to boil.

  8. Simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.

  9. Take dal fry in a serving dish and garnish it with chopped fresh coriander.

  10. Serve this dal fry with roti,rice or pulao.

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