Dassana's Veg Recipes· by Dassana Amit★ 5.0 (178)

Dal Tadka (Restaurant Style)

Name: Dal Tadka (Restaurant Style)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 1 cup or (200 grams) tuvar dal; 1 to 2 green chilies (or serrano peppers - chopped or slit lengthwise); ½ cup onions (- chopped); 1 cup tomatoes (- finely chopped); 1 teaspoon ginger (- finely chopped); ½ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric)); ½ teaspoon garam masala; 1 pinch asafoetida ((hing), optional); 2.5 cups water (- for pressure cooking); 1 tablespoon light cream (or low fat cream, optional); 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (- chopped, (cilantro)); salt (as required); 3 tablespoon oil (or 3 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)); 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 5 to 6 garlic cloves (- finely chopped, small to medium-sized); 2 to 3 dry red chilies (- broken and seeds removed); 1 generous pinch of asafoetida ((hing), optional); 1 teaspoon kasuri methi (- crushed, (dry fenugreek leaves), optional); ½ teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder (or cayenne pepper or paprika); 1 to 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (- chopped (cilantro)); 1 small piece of natural charcoal; ¼ teaspoon oil (or ghee (clarified butter))

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

15% of a 2,000 cal day

309KCAL

Protein

12g24% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat13g

17%

Saturated3g

13%

Unsaturated10g

—

Total Carbs38g

14%

Fiber6g

20%

Total Sugars6g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch27g

—

Sodium340mg

15%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A smooth, creamy lentil dal tempered with aromatic spices including cumin, garlic, and dried chillies, finished with cream and fresh cilantro. Rich and subtly smoky, best served with rice or roti.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

200 gtuvar dal — 1 cup
1–2green chilies — or serrano peppers
½ cuponions — chopped
1 cuptomatoes — finely chopped
1 tspginger — finely chopped
½ tspturmeric powder (ground turmeric)
½ tspgaram masala
1 pinchasafoetida (hing) — optional
2½ cupswater
1 tbsplight cream — or low fat cream, optional
2 tbspcoriander leaves (cilantro) — chopped
salt — as needed
3 tbspoil — or ghee (clarified butter)
1 tspcumin seeds
5–6garlic cloves — small to medium, finely chopped
2–3dry red chilies — dried, broken, seeds removed
1 pinchasafoetida (hing) — generous, optional
1 tspkasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves) — crushed, optional
½ tspkashmiri chilli powder — or cayenne pepper or paprika
1–2 tbspcoriander leaves (cilantro) — chopped
1small piece of natural charcoal
¼ tspoil — or ghee (clarified butter)

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Method

30m total

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