Indrahar

Name: Indrahar
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 3-4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Arhar Dal or Tuvar Dal; 1 cup Moong dal; 1 cup Urad Dal; 1 cup Masoor Dal; 2 tbsp coriander; 2 tbsp green chilli and garlic paste; 1 tbsp oil for tempering; few tbsp as required to cook the shot steamed cake; 1 tbs to grease the plate for steming; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp catch Turmeric powder; Few whole red chillies torn; to taste Catch Salt; Tomatoes 250grams 3 tbsp oil; Catch Salt to taste Sugar 1 tbs; 1 tsp garlic paste

Diksha Singh @cook_17769398

Mumbai

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Indrahar is unique recipe that is actually ‘Food of the Gods’, made with a blend of multigrain dals or lentils. Indrahar is made and served to Lord Indra as bhog or prasad. So this is certainly, ‘Food of the Gods’. Indrahar is one of the lost recipes of India and also forms part of the Royal Cuisine of Madhya Pradesh. While researching about the food culture
The Indrahar which is the lentil steamed and it is actually eaten as a snack and also added in a tamao gravy to make the famous Indrahar ki sabji. This is a lost recipe of India and certainly deserves much more acclaim. Indrahar is made with deep fried fritters with 4 varieties of dals or lentils are soaked, ground, steamed and pan fried or deep fried and eat to the hot and boiling tomato graby. This can be served with snack or puri, Steamed Rice.

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Ingredients

25 minutes

3-4 servings

For indrahaar
1 cupArhar Dal or Tuvar Dal
1 cupMoong dal
1 cupUrad Dal
1 cupMasoor Dal
2 tbspcoriander
2 tbspgreen chilli and garlic paste
1 tbspoil for tempering
few tbsp as required to cook the shot steamed cake
1 tbsto grease the plate for steming
1/2 tspcumin seeds
1/2 tspcatch Turmeric powder
Few whole red chillies torn
to tasteCatch Salt
Tomatoes 250grams 3 tbsp oil
Catch Salt to taste Sugar 1 tbs
1 tspgarlic paste

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Steps

25 minutes

1

For indrahaar--Wash atleast 3-4 times all the dals and soak them separately or together, preferably overnight or atleast for 6 hours.
2

Drain the water, grind them with few tablespoons of water in a mixer grinder until the paste is smooth and creamy.
3

Heat a kadhai or non-stick pan, add oil, jeera and whole red chillies.Now, add the ground dal paste followed by turmeric powder and the minced paste of coriander, garlic and green chillies.
4

Add salt to taste and mix everything together on low heat until the mixture collects at the centre of the kadhai and turns thick.
5

Grease a dhokla plate or any steamer plate with a tsp of oil.
Switch off the flame, add this mixture to the dhokla plate and spread evenly and steam this for 20 minutes.
6

Allow it to cool completely before slicing into pieces.
Pan fry them with few tbsp of oil until the crust is brown in colour. Remove the pieces aside, serve as snack.
7

Wash and cut tomatoes into cubes. Peel and chop garlic. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds. When they crackle add chopped garlic. Sauté till light brown in color.u
8

Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder dissolved in little water. Stir for half a minute and add tomatoes. Cook for another five to ten minutes.t
9

Add salt, sugar and one and a half cups of water. Simmer for five minutes. Once it comes to boil, and serve hot immediately with indrahar and coriander chatanih

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Diksha Singh @cook_17769398

on September 10, 2020 17:24

Mumbai

I want to tell you about one of my favourite work which is cooking. I love to cook homemade meals, because they are healthy, less fattening and nutritious to eat.Cooking to me is also an enjoyable thing to do as well as it being a special hobby.I encourage people to take this opportunity to make healthy cooking a part of their everyday lifestyle.