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Double Dal Tadka Recipe

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Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

DAL

  • 1.5 cups Toor Dal
  • 4 cups Water
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Oil

First Tadka

  • 2 tbsp Ghee
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1 inch Ginger fine chopped
  • 8-10 cloves Garlic fine chopped
  • 2 Green Chilli fine chopped
  • 1 Onion fine chopped
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
  • 2 Tomato fine chopped
  • 2 tbsp Water
  • 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
  • Coriander Leaves fine chopped
  • 1/2 Lemon Juice
  • Salt Accoding to taste

Second Tadka

  • 1 tbsp Ghee
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1/2 tsp Red chilli Powder
  • 2 Red Chilli

Instructions
 

DAL

  • Wash and soak toor dal for ½ hour.
  • Add soaked dal to cooker and add water.
  • Add salt, turmeric powder, oil and let it whistle for 2-3 times.

First Tadka

  • Heat a pan and add ghee.
  • Once ghee is a bit hot add cumin seeds, ginger, garlic, green chilli and mix well.
  • Now add onion and cook till onion becomes pink.
  • Now add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, tomato, salt.
  • Mix and cook till tomatoes are mushy.
  • Now add water and cook till tomatoes leaves oil from it.
  • After oil is released add dal, garam masala powder, coriander leaves,lemon juice and mix well.
  • Boil for 2 minutes and set it aside.

Second Tadka

  • Heat a pan and add ghee.
  • Once ghee is hot add asafoetida, cumin seeds, red chilli powder, red chilli and mix well
  • Now add the hot tadka to dal.

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Notes

Shilpi’s Quick Tricks
 
    FIRST TADKA
  • Don’t add too much salt as you have already added salt in dal.
Keyword dal, lunch, tadka
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