Dal Fry

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

1. Wash and soak all the three dals for 1 hour.
2. After 1 hour, pressure cook the dals till 3 whistles. Switch off the flame and set it aside.
3. Now for tempering heat oil and clarified butter in a pan and add bay leaf, dried red chili, cumin seeds and asafoetida.
4. Sauté them for few seconds and add chopped onion to it.
5. Sauté the onions till it gets translucent and add turmeric powder to it.
6. Mix it well and add ginger-garlic-green chili paste to it followed by cumin, coriander, red chili and dry mango powder.
7. Fry the spices very well until the oil starts separating from the sides.
8. Now add tomato purée to it and cook it until the raw flavour of the tomatoes goes away.
9. Now add the pressure cooked dal to it, mix it well and add salt to taste.
10. The consistency of the dal fry will be little thick, so if required then add some water to it.
11. Cover the pan and let the dal come to a boil.
12. When the dal starts boiling, add lime juice, chopped cilantro and garam masala powder to it.
13. Stir the dal nicely and switch off the flame. Your dal fry is ready to serve.