Coconut Dal

Name: Coconut Dal
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Bengal Gram Dal; 1 medium tomato (roughly chopped); 3-4 green chilli; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1/2 small coconut; 1 tbsp ginger paste / finely crushed; 2 bay leaf,; 1 dry red chilli; as per taste Salt; 2-3 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tbsp ghee; 1/4 tsp hing

Sudipa Gope @Sudipagope

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A delicious Dal dish where coconut have been used along with few cashews keeping Bengal Gram Dal as the main ingredient.

#thc
#thcweek13
#coconut

A delicious Dal dish where coconut have been used along with few cashews keeping Bengal Gram Dal as the main ingredient.

Sudipa Gope @Sudipagope

#thc
#thcweek13
#coconut

A delicious Dal dish where coconut have been used along with few cashews keeping Bengal Gram Dal as the main ingredient.

#thc
#thcweek13
#coconut

A delicious Dal dish where coconut have been used along with few cashews keeping Bengal Gram Dal as the main ingredient.

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Ingredients

5 servings

1 cupBengal Gram Dal
1medium tomato (roughly chopped)
3-4green chilli
1/2 tspturmeric
1 tspcumin seeds
1/2 small coconut
1 tbspginger paste / finely crushed
2bay leaf,
1 dry red chilli
as per tasteSalt
2-3 tbspmustard oil
1 tbspghee
1/4 tsphing

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Steps

1

Soak Dal overnight and then put to boil in pressure cooker by adding 500 ml water + salt + roughly chopped Tomatoes for 6-7 whistles.
2

Chop coconut into small small pieces.
3

Assemble all ingredients
4

Fry cashews to golden yellow and keep aside.
5

In moderately heated pan / kadhai, add 1 tbsp mustard and fry coconut pieces till golden brownish and keep aside.
6

In same pan / kadhai, add oil, add cumin seeds + bay leaf + dry chilli and allow to crackle (for few seconds), then add ginger + green chilli + hing and sauté till golden brown.
7

Now pour the boiled Dal + turmeric + salt, mix well and give 2-3 times boil.
Water can be added at this stage if want loose gravy dal.
8

Now add coconut pieces + cashews + ghee and mix well. Simmer for 3-4 minutes and Dal is ready.
9

Serve this delicious Dal with steamed rice or Paratha / Puri.