Smoky Flavoured Dal tadka-Restaurant Style Dal Tadka Recipe

Preparation time-40 minutes
Serving-6

Ingredients:

• Toor dal (spilt pigeon peas )-200 gm
• Chopped onion-1 (large)
• Chopped tomato-1 (large)
• Green chilli-2 (slit)
• Garlic clove (peeled)-8 to 10
• Finely chopped ginger-2 inch
• Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder-1/3 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Cooking oil-2 tbsp
• Chopped coriander leaves
• Charcoal-1 (for smoky flavour)

For Tadka:

• Asafoetida (hing)-1/4 tsp
• Dry red chilli (tadka chilli)-2
• Finely chopped garlic- 5 to 6
• Cumin seeds- 2 tsp
• Kasuri methi (fenugreek leaves)-1 tsp
• Ghee-2 tsp

Method:

• Turn on the flame and heat a pressure cooker without lid.
• Add cooking oil and let it heat, add green chilli, garlic cloves and chopped ginger, fry it for few seconds.
• Add chopped onions, fry it for 2-3 minutes on medium flame.
• Add chopped tomato, fry it till it turns soft (keep stirring ).
• Add washed toor dal and fry it for 1-2 minutes on medium flame.
• Add 2.5 glass of water, turmeric powder and salt, stir it.
• Close the lid, boil it for 3 whistle on medium flame.
• Turn off the flame and let the pressure cooker cool down, open it and stir.

Tadka preparation:

• Heat a tadka pan, add ghee and let it heat.
• Add hing, cumin seeds, chopped garlic, dry red chilli, kasuri methi and little red chilli powder.
• Fry it for 1/2 minute on medium flame, turn off the flame.
• Put the tadka into the cooked dal carefully, close the lid of the cooker for 5 minutes.
• Open the pressure cooker, add chopped coriander leaves , stir it.

For Smoky Flavour:

• Heat a charcoal on stove, heat it till it turns red.
• Put the burnt charcoal in a bowl carefully, pour 1 tsp ghee on it.
• Immediately, put the bowl inside the cooker and close the lid for 15 minutes.
• Open the pressure cooker and take out the charcoal bowl carefully from it.
• Ready to serve with plain rice or jeera rice.