Restaurant style dal tadka

Name: Restaurant style dal tadka
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 Cup Toor Dal; 1 Medium Sized Onion; 2 Medium Sized Tomatoes; 1-2 Green Chillies; 1 inch Ginger; 1 Teaspoon Black Mustard Seeds; 1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder; 1/2 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder; To taste Salt; 1/2 Teaspoon Garam Masala; 1 1/2 Tablespoon Ghee or Oil For the tempering; 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds (Jeera); 5-6 garlic cloves; 2 Dried Red Chillies; 1 Pinch Asafoetida; 2 Teaspoon Ghee or Oil

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Ingredients

1 CupToor Dal
1Medium Sized Onion
2Medium Sized Tomatoes
1-2Green Chillies
1 inchGinger
1 TeaspoonBlack Mustard Seeds
1 TeaspoonTurmeric Powder
1/2 TeaspoonRed Chilli Powder
To tasteSalt
1/2 TeaspoonGaram Masala
1 1/2 TablespoonGhee or Oil For the tempering
1 TeaspoonCumin Seeds (Jeera)
5-6 garlic cloves
2Dried Red Chillies
1 PinchAsafoetida
2 TeaspoonGhee or Oil

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Steps

1

Wash the Toor Dal 3-4 times and soak them in warm water for 15-20 minutes.
2

Drain the water and add the Dal to a pressure cooker. Also add 3 cups of water.
3

Add Salt and Turmeric Powder to the Dal and stir to mix. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook till you get 1 whistle. Then let the steam come out before opening the cooker
4

Add some ghee in a pan. You can also use vegetable oil or butter instead of ghee.
5

Add Black Mustard Seeds when the ghee becomes hot. Fry till the Rai starts to splutter.
6

Add chopped onions to the pan along with finely chopped Ginger and Green Chillies.
7

Fry till the onions turn golden brown and start leaving fat.
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Now add pureed or chopped tomatoes. Fry till the tomatoes are cooked.
9

Add Red Chilli Powder and Garam Masala to the gravy.Cook for 2 minutes or the the gravy is nicely roasted.Add the cooked Dal to the prepared onion tomato masala, and mix well.
10

For tempering:_heat 2 teaspoons of ghee in a small pan.Then add Cumin Seeds and fry till they start to splutter. Add a pinch of Asafoetida.
11

Add minced Garlic Cloves to the ghee and fry till they turn light brown.
12

Also fry 2 Dried Red Chillies. Finally add a little bit of Red Chilli Powder to give colour to the tempering.Pour the tempering on top of the Dal. Mix everything together before serving.