Cholar Dal

Name: Cholar Dal
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup cholar dal / split Bengal gram; 1/2 cup coconut scrape,; 10 Cashew nuts; 10 Raisins; 1 tbsp Ghee; 1 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tbsp ginger paste; for Spices-; 2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1/2 tsp asafoedita; 1/2 tsp garam masala powder; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; to taste Salt; 1 tbsp sugar; for Tempering-; 2 Dry red chillies; 1 Bay leaf; 1 " cinnamon; 4 green cardamoms; 1 black cardamom; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds

Sushree Satapathy @justrecipes

#indiankitchen
Best of Bengal
I have spent sixteen years of my life at West Bengal. So I have learnt various types of Odisha and Bengali food. To a certain extent both cuisines are similar so therefore today I am sharing one of the most mouth watering and aromatic dish Cholar Dal with Coconut along with some garam masala. Mostly this dish is accompanied with luchi vaja .

Sushree Satapathy @justrecipes

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

1 cupcholar dal / split Bengal gram
1/2 cupcoconut scrape,
10Cashew nuts
10 Raisins
1 tbspGhee
1 tbspmustard oil
1 tbspginger paste
forSpices-
2 tspTurmeric powder
1 tspcumin powder
1/2 tspasafoedita
1/2 tspgaram masala powder
1/2 tspred chilli powder
to tasteSalt
1 tbspsugar
forTempering-
2Dry red chillies
1Bay leaf
1" cinnamon
4 green cardamoms
1 black cardamom
1/2 tspcumin seeds

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Wash the dal and soak for about 15 minutes.Take washed dal along with half of the turmeric powder and 1/2 tsp salt in a pressure cooker. Add water of double and cover the lid, and cook over the high flame and cook till two whistles come out. Then off the flame open the lid when the pressure drops completely.
2

Now take a pan and heat the mustard oil. Fry coconut scrape, cashew nuts and raisins one by one. In remaining oil add 1/2 tsp ghee for temper add dry red chilli, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, black cardamom, green cardamom and cumin seeds, now add asafoetida and mix.Add ginger paste and cook on low flame.
3

Add 2 tbsp water and keep cooking till oil comes out from the mixture. Now add rest of turmeric powder, red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp cumin powder, 1/2 of garam masala powder, sugar and mix throughly. Add cooked dal along with the water.Now add fried coconut, cashewnuts, raisins, but keep a little for garnishing. Adjust the salt and by covering the pan cook for around 5 mins on low flame. Finish the dal with rest of the ghee,garam masala and cumin powder add it to the daal. Serve hot.
4

Serve hot Narkel Diye Cholar Dal.