Dal Tarka

Couple of weeks back, I tried making 'dal' the North Indian way.Brought up in Tamilnadu, I didnt get a chance to eat dal this way at home.I did taste this for the first time in North India during my college days and thereafter have become a fan of this dish.

This is the first time I tried preparing it myself and it turned out very delicious.Try this out and enjoy it for yourself!

Ingredients :

1 cup toor dal
1 big red Onion
1 big tomato
1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
2 green chillies
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon of coriander powder
little cinnamon,cloves,bay leaves
some mustard seeds,cumin seeds
curry leaves,coriander leaves
oil (Olive is better),salt,asafoetida as required

Cooking Method :

• Pressure cook toor dal (2 whistles) or partially boil toor dal and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard and cumin seeds.
• add cinnamon,cloves,bay leaves,curry leaves,chillies,ginger-garlic paste and fry for some time.
• add onions, pinch of salt and fry till it becomes golden brown.then add tomato and fry again.
• add garam masala,coriander powder and fry.
• add little water and cook for sometime.
• now add the already boiled toor dal.
• add turmeric powder,asafoetida and salt as required.
• cook for sometime and garnish with coriander leaves.

If you want it to be more spicy, add chilli powder as required.Dal tarka goes well with ghee rice,roti.