Dal Fry

This is one dish which goes very well with rice as well as roti and pretty easy to make.  This is a healthy dish and also guilt free and one which appears for sure in the north Indian thali.

Ingredients:

Toor dal -  100 grams

Onions – 30 grams

Tomatoes – 20 grams

Ginger/Garlic paste – 10 grams

Green chilly – 1 no

Coriander leaves – few

Salt and turmeric powder – to taste

To temper:

Oil – 10 grams

Mustard – 5 grams

Red chilly flakes – 5 grams

Cumin seeds – 2 grams

Curry leaves – few

 

Method:

• Pressure cook the toor dal with salt, turmeric powder and slit green chilly.
• Finely chop the onions and tomatoes.
• In a kadai pour oil and add mustard.
• Once mustard splutters add the cumin seeds, curry leaves and red chilly flakes. Fry for about a minute.
• Add the chopped onions and ginger/garlic paste. Fry until the onions  are translucent.
• Add the tomatoes. Add required amount of salt. Sprinkle a little water. Cover and cook for 2 minutes.
• Now add the cooked toor dal. Mix well. Adjust the gravy consistency with water if required.
• Allow the dal to boil. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Dal fry is ready!!! Serve with chapathi, phulka, rotis, parathas or plain rice.

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