Description
Want a simple Dal recipe, here you go
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| ½ cup | Dal (moong) |
| 2 no | Green chillies |
| 1 T | Jeera (cumin) |
| 2 T | Butter |
| 5 no | Curry leaves |
| 1 no | Onion |
| 1 no | Tomatoes |
| 1 T | Chopped coriander |
| 1 tsp | Turmeric powder |
Instructions
1. Boil dal with salt, turmeric powder, and asafoetida powder (soak it overnight for even cooking)
2. In a pan, add butter, Jeera (cumin), curry leaves, and slit green chillies and heat it
(Step 3,4, and 5 are optional)
3. Chop onions and dice tomatoes
4. When butter has melted and cumin starts popping, add onion and fry
5. When the onions are light brown in colour, add tomatoes, fry them for 2-3 mins (till tomatoes cook and the raw smell is not there)
6. Now add the boiled dal and bring to boil. If needed add more water.
7. Check for salt, if needed add more.
8. Dont cook for more than 3-5 mins.
9. Remove from the stove and garnish with chopped corrinader
10. Voila yummy dal is ready to be served with rice or roti
Another Variation:
To bring more flavour:
After step 3, add ginger garlic paste, 1 teaspoon coriander pwd, 1 teaspoon red chilly pwd, fry for a min till masala raw flavour is gone and then continue to step 4
Comments
13 responses to “Simple Dal Tadka”
I just made this today , with all the variations ( G&G and Chilly powder to spice it up). Tasted a bit.. good. This is for our dinner with Roti.
Regs
Lakshmi
Tried yesterday with roti & it tastes excellent.Thanks for a simple & healthy recipe.
I will try it soon!! 🙂 looks great Mr.Ram.. Your wife is lucky 🙂
looks yummy
It also tastes yummy 🙂
Hey Ram,
Tried with toor dal instead of Moong Dal, it too came out well.
Thats the beauty of it, it works with any dal 🙂 try with all types of dal
Healthy dish, thanks for sharing ..
Very true, 100 gms of Moong dal gives you 24gms of Protein.
Hi Mrs.Ram, your dal tadka looks tempting, nice recipe and with addition of butter, no doubt… it will be super tasty. Thanks for sharing and a warm welcome to our little cooking world.
Thanks Mullai. This is Ram not Mrs.Ram. I am waiting for Mrs.Ram eagerly 🙂
You can also add little cream to make it even for rich and yummy (but some people dont like cream)
good one!!!
Sadhana Raveen
simple and yummyyyyyy 🙂