DAL TADKA

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Ingredients:

1/3rd cup of mung dal, chana dal and toor dal, 3 cup water, 1 tbsp oil, 1 medium onion finely chopped, 1/4th tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, garam masala, 1 tsp coriander powder and chopped ginger, 2 tsp chopped garlic. red chilli powder and salt to taste, few curry leaves, 2 tsp clarified butter (Ghee), ½ tsp cumin seeds, pinch of asafoetida, coriander leaves finely chopped, lemon juice to the taste, 2 whole red chillies.

Recipe:

First boil 3-4 cups of water in a pressure cooker to boil all dals. Add all dals together and some salt to the taste to cooker to boil it up to 4 whistles. During that time, in fry pan, fry onions on medium heat until they turn brown. With onions also add chopped ginger and 1tsp garlic to fry. Then add red chilli, turmeric powder, garam masala, coriander powder, cumin powder and some salt. Mix them well for few seconds. Now after four whistles let the cooker to get settled and open it carefully. Add dal to the fry pan and mix it well. Cook the dal for 5-10 minutes so that it gets mixed with the fried onions. Add water if necessary to make it more liquid. Now put the dal in a serving bowl aside and prepare the TADKA. To prepare TADKA take separate fry pan and add clarified butter to the pan and warm it at medium heat. Then add 1tsp of garlic, curry leave, asafoetida, whole red chillies and red chilli powder. Now add this mixture on the top of the dal. Sprinkle chopped coriander to garnish it and serve it.

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