Dal Tadka

Ingredients
for the dal:
  • 1 cup toor dal
  • ½ inch ginger, crushed
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tomato, 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 ( 1 cup =255 ml)
to make dal tadka:
  1. pressure cook 1 cup of toor dal in 4 cups of water for 5 whistles.
  2. heat ghee in a non-stick pan and saute onions till they turn golden brown.
  3. add crusshed garlic and ginger. saute for a minute.
  4. now add chopped tomatoes and cook until tomato release oil.
  5. add red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
  6. also add coriander powder and fry without burning the spices.
  7. now add in cooked daal in mix well with onion tomato gravy.
  8. add salt to taste.
  9. adjust the consistency by adding required water.
  10. finally add chopped coriander leaves.
tadka for dal tadka recipe:
  1. in pan take ghee, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilli powder, curry leaves, hing and dried red chilli. let them splutter.
  2. pour the tadka on dal and serve with steamed rice.

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