Kashmiri Dal Tadka

Name: Kashmiri Dal Tadka
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Toor Dal or Split Pigeon Peas; 3 Garlic Cloves roughly chopped; 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder; as needed Water; 2 tsp Oil; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; 1 Onion finely chopped; 1 Tomato finely chopped; 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste; 8-10 Curry Leaves; 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder; 1 tsp Dhania Jeera (coriander cumin)Powder; to taste Salt; 1 tbsp Ghee/Oil; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; Pinch Hing(asafoetida); 1 Dry Kashmiri Red Chilli; as needed Fresh Green Coriander Leaves for garnishing

Jagruti Manish (Dalwadi) Shah @JagrutisKitchen

Nagpur

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Kashmiri Dal Tadka is another version of regular dal with a special flavour of garlic and coriander powder which is added with toor dal while boiling. Kashmiri Dal Tadka tastes best with Hot Steamed Rice or Roti or Parathas or Naan or Tandoori Roti...

Jagruti Manish (Dalwadi) Shah @JagrutisKitchen

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Ingredients

1/2 cupToor Dal or Split Pigeon Peas
3Garlic Cloves roughly chopped
1/2 tspCoriander Powder
as neededWater
2 tspOil
1 tspMustard Seeds
1 tspCumin Seeds
1Onion finely chopped
1Tomato finely chopped
1 tspGinger Garlic Paste
8-10Curry Leaves
1/2 tspTurmeric Powder
1 tspKashmiri Red Chilli Powder
1 tspDhania Jeera (coriander cumin)Powder
to tasteSalt
For Tadka
1 tbspGhee/Oil
1 tspMustard Seeds
1 tspCumin Seeds
PinchHing(asafoetida)
1Dry Kashmiri Red Chilli
as neededFresh Green Coriander Leaves for garnishing

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Steps

1

Wash and soak toor dal in enough water for atleast half an hour and then pressure cook for 4 whistles by adding roughly chopped garlic cloves and coriander powder in toor dal. Once pressure cooker cools down, whisk cooked dal well and keep aside.
2

Heat up the oil in a pan on low flame. Add mustard seeds and coriander seeds. Once it crackles add curry leaves and finely chopped onions and cook till it turns translucent.
3

Add ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute. Add finely chopped tomatoes, mix and add turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, dhania jeera powder and salt. Mix well and cook till tomatoes gets cooked and turns soft.
4

Add already whisked dal, some water, mix well and cook for 7 to 10 mins.
5

Tadka - Heat up the ghee or oil in tadka pan. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and let it crackle. Add hing and dry kashmiri red chilli. Pour hot tadka on prepared dal.
6

Garnish with fresh green coriander leaves and serve hot Kashmiri Dal Tadka with hot steamed rice or roti and enjoy.