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Black Dal

Cuisine: Indian
Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

3/4 cup 177mlBlack gram dal
1/4 cup 59mlGreen gram dal
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozOnion finely chopped (large)
1   Tomato finely chopped
1 teaspoon 5mlGinger garlic paste
4   Green chillies finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlTurmeric powder
1 teaspoon 5mlLemon juice
  Salt to taste
3 tablespoons 45mlGhee
1 teaspoon 5mlChopped coriander
1 teaspoon 5mlCumin & mustard seeds
2   Asafoetida
1 teaspoon 5mlSugar
  Seasoning
1   Bay leaf
4   Cloves
1   Cinnamon stick broken

Recipe Instructions

Wash dal and pressure cook in 2 cups water. Cool and remove from cooker.

Mash very lightly with a spoon.

Heat half the ghee in a deep saucepan.

Add seeds, asafoetida, and seasoning. Allow to splutter.

Add ginger garlic paste, fry for a minute.

Add onions. Fry till light brown. Add tomatoes and green chillies.

Fry for 2-3 minutes more.

Add dal, bring to boil.

Add turmeric, salt, sugar and lemon juice.

Take in serving dish.

Heat remaining ghee in a small saucepan.

Add chopped coriander to the hot ghee and pour over dal immediately.

Stir gently. Serve with hot parathas or rice.

Variations: Use any other dal of your choice with same procedure.

To make spicier, add some curry powder.

Making time: 20 minutes (excluding pressure cooking time)

Makes: 4 servings

Shelflife: Best fresh and piping hot

Source:
A Cook's Tour Of South India by Vimla Patel

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