Hyderabad’s Famous Khatti dal (Sour Dal)

Name: Hyderabad’s Famous Khatti dal (Sour Dal)
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Masoor dal (orange coloured dal); 1/2 tsp Ginger garlic paste; 1 Lemon juice; 500 ml water; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder; Handful curry leaves; 1 tsp Zeera whole; Fresh garlic clove 2; 3 tbsp Oil; 1 tsp Salt; 2 Tomatoes

Noorunnisa Bushra @BushraNoorunnisa1

This is my family’s all time favourite dal. Its super simple to make and goes very well with any vegetable or khorma on the side!

Noorunnisa Bushra @BushraNoorunnisa1

This is my family’s all time favourite dal. Its super simple to make and goes very well with any vegetable or khorma on the side!

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 people

2 tbspMasoor dal (orange coloured dal)
1/2 tspGinger garlic paste
1Lemon juice
500 mlwater
1/2 tspTurmeric powder
1/2 tspRed chilli powder
Handfulcurry leaves
1 tspZeera whole
Fresh garlic clove 2
3 tbspOil
1 tspSalt
2Tomatoes

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Take a pressure cooker and add washed dal with chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste and 1 glass full water. Pressure cook for 4 whistles.
2

Take a blender and blend the above mixture.
3

Add salt, red chilli powder, curry leaves and 500 ml water.
Let it simmer and n low flame for 10 minutes.
4

Squeeze 1 lemon juice and put it on low flame for 5 minutes. Then turn the flame off.
5

Take a small pan add oil. Once hot add zeera and fresh garlic cloves. Add this into the dal mixture. Be careful while adding the tadka as the oil could splutter on your hands. That’s it !

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Noorunnisa Bushra @BushraNoorunnisa1

on March 16, 2022 17:40

I am a medical doctor, a busy mother of four little munchkins passionate about cooking healthy and balanced meals for my family !After moving to UK a decade ago, I have always missed Hyderabad’s famous cuisines. Now I can cook more than fifty Hyderabadi dishes with ease and would love to share them with everyone. Thanks to Cookpad who gave us this opportunity to share our recipes at our convenience.