About this Recipe...
This simple, easy and protein pack mixed dal fry recipe is very delicious and completes a satisfying meal. Dal fry can be cooked in many ways and in indian cuisine dal takes a very important place. In every region of India, there are various ways of making dals and traditionally dal fry is made with toor dal. Here in this recipe I used three kinds of dals and make this dish a healthy and tasty treat for all. This dal fry goes very well with plain rice, jeera rice, nan or roti.
Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup Bengal gram lentil or Chana Daal
- 1/4 Cup Toor daal or split pegion peas
- 1/8 Cup Green gram daal or Moong daal
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 1 Tbsp Clarified butter
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 Dried red chili
- 1 Bay leaf
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Onion
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 Tbsp Ginger-garlic-green chili paste
- 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Dry mango powder or aamchur powder
- 1/2 Cup Tomato puree
- Salt as per taste
- 1 Tbsp Lime juice
- Finely chopped cilantro for garnishing
- 1/4 tsp Garam masala powder
Directions
- Wash and soak all the three dals for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, pressure cook the dals till 3 whistles. Switch off the flame and set it aside.
- Now for tempering heat oil and clarified butter in a pan and add bay leaf, dried red chili, cumin seeds and asafoetida.
- Sauté them for few seconds and add chopped onion to it.
- Sauté the onions till it gets translucent and add turmeric powder to it.
- Mix it well and add ginger-garlic-green chili paste to it followed by cumin, coriander, red chili and dry mango powder.
- Fry the spices very well until the oil starts separating from the sides.
- Now add tomato purée to it and cook it until the raw flavour of the tomatoes goes away.
- Now add the pressure cooked dal to it, mix it well and add salt to taste.
- The consistency of the dal fry will be little thick, so if required then add some water to it.
- Cover the pan and let the dal come to a boil.
- When the dal starts boiling, add lime juice, chopped cilantro and garam masala powder to it.
- Stir the dal nicely and switch off the flame. Your dal fry is ready to serve.
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