Showing posts with label Lentils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lentils. Show all posts

Monday, 21 May 2012

Daal Tadka



 Daal Tadka- a resturant dish which is stapel in almost all households today.
I always opt for this daal to Makhani daal if i want to go light on the menu.
This daal is not only simple to cook but also has robust flavours.
You can enjoy this with Piping hot rice, paratha, naan, roti.... and not to forget little bit of pickel along with this can twich your pallet!

11/2 cup Moong Daal
1/2 cup orange Masoor Daal
1/4th cup Chana Daal
2 Tomatoes (chopped)
1 Onion (chopped)
1 tbs Ginger minced
3-4 Green Chillies chopped
1 tbsp Jeera
1tsp Haldi pwd
1tsp Garam masal pwd
2 whole dry chilies
Pinch of asafoetida
3-4 tbsp Ghee/Oil
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves  and sliced onion to garnish.

Wash all the 2 lentils well and pressure cook them with a pinch of salt till tender.

 In a pan add ghee and let it heat well-(till smoky hot), turn off the gas and add jeera, asafoetida, and whole red chilies. Turn on the flame again and add the chopped onion , ginger, garlic and green chilies and saute until golden brown, add tomatoes and the rest of the dry masalas.
Cook till the oil separates and u shall get a nice aroma.
Add this cooked tadka to the boiled daal. Cook on low flame for bout 1-15 min.
Garnish with fresh coriander and onion rings.


Friday, 10 April 2009

Mixed Marwadi Dal

Somehow i get a urge to cook something different everyday. Something which is not too fancy, can be packed for hubby;s lunch-box, Tasty and goes with the theme of a weekday lunch/dinner. He loves all kinds of dal's, and it gets so boring to make the same thing again n again. I keep craving for diff kind of lentil recipes.
This was the best time to bump into the Tried and Tested event which is hosted byAparna this month which is featuring Lisa's Kitchen.I visited Lisa's blog for the first time and was stunned seeing the variety of vegetarian food. Loved her collection!! Me being a vegetarian myself made it easy to choose a recipe from her blog to blog for.


I choose the Mixed Marwadi daal.. It tastes heavenly with hot roti;s splashed with ghee. I followed lisa;s recipe to the T. Here; the recipe http://foodandspice.blogspot.com/2008/04/marawadi-mixed-dal.html
Trust me its a must try!!