Arhar Dal Tadka

Name: Arhar Dal Tadka
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Arhar Dal (washed properly); 2 cup water; 1 tsp turmeric powder; As needed Salt; For Tadka; 1 TBSP oil; 2 medium size onion finely chopped; 7-8 cloves garlic finely chopped; 1 inch ginger finely chopped or grated; 1 big tomato finely chopped; 1.5 tsp cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder; 4-5 cloves; 5-6 curry leaves; 2 tsp Finely chopped coriander leaves; 1/2 + 1/2 tsp Juice of lemon or turmeric paste; 1/4 tsp sugar or jaggery; For Lal Mirch Tadka-; 2 tbsp ghee; 2-3 Dried red chillies; 2 tsp Red chilli powder

Pragya Bhatnagar Pandya @cook_11973293

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Made this spicy chataka dal with lots of ghee and it turned out so yummmm.

Pragya Bhatnagar Pandya @cook_11973293

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Made this spicy chataka dal with lots of ghee and it turned out so yummmm.

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Ingredients

1/2 cupArhar Dal (washed properly)
2 cupwater
1 tspturmeric powder
As neededSalt
For Tadka
1 TBSPoil
2medium size onion finely chopped
7-8 clovesgarlic finely chopped
1 inchginger finely chopped or grated
1big tomato finely chopped
1.5 tspcumin seeds
1/2 tspasafoetida powder
4-5cloves
5-6curry leaves
2 tspFinely chopped coriander leaves
1/2 + 1/2 tspJuice of lemon or turmeric paste
1/4 tspsugar or jaggery
For Lal Mirch Tadka-
2 tbspghee
2-3Dried red chillies
2 tspRed chilli powder

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Steps

1

Boil the dal with water, turmeric and salt. Add cloves too.
2

In a deep pan, take some oil, add Asafoetida, cumin seeds, ginger and garlic. Sauté for a few min and add onion to it. Add curry leaves and Sauté for another 5 min until it turns brown.
3

Add tomatoes and let them be soft. Add a pinch of salt if needed. Add sugar or jaggery and tamarind paste.
4

Add this Tadka to dal. Boil well. Add water if it’s thick.
5

Add coriander leaves and let it cook for another few minutes.
6

Take ghee in a small pan and heat well. Switch off the flame and add red chilli powder and dried chillies to it. Add this Tadka before serving.
7

This Dal goes very well with jeera rice or simple butter chapati.