Dal Tadka (Dal Fry) Recipe - How to make Easy and Simple Yellow Dal
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Ingredients
  • Moong Daal / Yellow daal – 1 cup
  • Water – 4 to 5 cups
  • Salt to taste
  • Turmeric powder / Haldi – ¼ tsp
  • Cumin seeds / Jeera – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder / Dhaniya powder – 1 tsp
  • Red chili / Lal mirch powder – 1 or 2
  • Asafoetida / hing – a pinch
  • Cooking oil or desi ghee – 2 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Wash daal in running water until you see clear water over it and soak it for around 15 to 20 minutes in water.
  2. In a pan add water and bring it to boil.
  3. Add soaked dal to the boiling water and mix well.
  4. Within few minutes white foam will form over the surface of water. Keep on removing it.
  5. Add salt and turmeric powder to the dal and mix well.
  6. Cover the pan with a lid and let it boil on medium flame till daal gets completely dissolved in water.
  7. Remove dal from gas once it is completely dissolved in water.
  8. Now, heat oil in a pan to prepare tadka for daal.
  9. Medium the flame and add cumin seeds to splutter. Add coriander powder.
  10. Turn off the gas and add red chili, hing and mix well.
  11. Immediately pour tadka over hot boiled daal. Do not mix tadka with dal.
  12. Serve daal tadka with rice or roti accompanied by salad.
Recipe by Indian Cuisine at https://www.indicuisine.com/dal-tadka-dal-fry-recipe/