Dal Fry/ Chana Dal Tadka

Dal fry /Chana dal tadka is a very tasty and easy to prepare curry made with chana dal and potato and goes well with jeera rice, roti, chapathi or paratha.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Dal Fry / Chana Dal Tadka .

Ingredients:-

Chana dal.           -1/2 cup
Potato.                 -1
Onion.                  -1/2
Tomato.                -1/2
Ginger chopped.   -2 tsp
Garlic chopped.    -1tbsp
Green chilly.         -2
Dry red chilly.       -2
Turmeric powder.  -1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder.-1/2 tsp
Asafoetida.            -1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds.         -1tsp
Lemon juice.         -1lemon
Salt.                       -to taste
Coriander leaves.   -few
Coconut oil.           -2 tbsp

For Seasoning:-

Mustard seeds.       -1tsp
Red chilly powder. -1/2 tsp
Ghee.                      -1tsp

Instructions:-

Wash and soak chana dal in water for 40 minutes.Remove the outer skin and chop potato into small pieces. Drain and pressure cook soaked chana dal along with chopped potato, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and required water for 2 whistles on medium flame. Keep aside the cooked chana dal potato mixture along with little cooked water. Slit green chilly. Finely chop onion. Finely chop coriander leaves.Keep aside.

Method:-

1). Heat 2 tbsp coconut oil in a wide bottom pan and splutter cumin seeds. Add dry red chilly and chopped garlic cloves into the pan and saute well till garlic turns brown. Add asafoetida and saute well.

2). Add slit green chilly and chopped ginger into the pan and saute well. Add finely chopped onion and saute well till onion turns light brown.

3). Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder and finely chopped tomato into the pan and saute well till tomato becomes soft.

4). Add required salt, cooked chana dal potato mixture along with little cooked water into the pan. Mix well and boil on low flame.

5). Add finely chopped few coriander leaves and mix well. Add lemon juice of one lemon and stir well. Switch off the flame.

6). Heat 1tsp ghee in a small pan for seasoning and splutter mustard seeds. Add red chilly powder and stir well. Switch off the flame and pour the seasoning into the dal fry and mix well.

Dal Fry / Chana Dal Tadka is ready to serve with jeera rice, roti, chapathi or paratha.