Dal Fry Recipe, Punjabi Style Dal Fry Recipe
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Punjabi
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Serves: 4
 
Dal Fry Recipe: An easy to cook punjabi style recipe of dal fry, an indian stew with mixed lentils cooked in onion tomato gravy.
Ingredients
To boil mix dal
  • Mix lentils/dals (moong dal, toor dal,chana dal, masoor dal(red lentil), urad dal):1 cup
  • Turmeric : 1 tsp
  • Water: 2 1/2 cup
  • Salt: to taste
To make tadka
  • Oil: 1 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
  • Cumin seeds (jeera): 1 tsp
  • Cloves (laung): 2 piece
  • Cinnamon stick (dalchini): 1/2 inch piece
  • Dry red chili: 1 piece
  • Bay leaves (tej patta): 1 leaves
  • Curry leaves (kadi patta): 5 leaves
  • Green chili:1 piece finely chopped
  • Onion: 1 cup, chopped
  • Tomato: 1 cup, chopped
  • Turmeric: 1 tsp
  • Red chili powder: 1 tbsp
  • Coriander powder: 1 tbsp
  • Garam masala: 1 tsp
  • Ginger: 1/2 inch piece, grated
  • Garlic: 2 cloves, grated
  • Coriander (Cilantro): 1/2 cup chopped
  • Asafoetida (hing): 1/4 tsp
  • Lemon juice as per the taste (optional)
  • Salt: to taste
Instructions
To boil dal
  1. Mix all dals in equal quantity and rinse thoroughly with water. Soak in 2 1/2 cup of water.
  2. In a pressure cooker put the soaked dal and add some turmeric powder and salt and cook for about 10 min. Keep the boiled dal aside.
To make tadka
  1. In a pan heat oil. Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and let it temper. Then add pinch of asafoetida, dry red chili, cinnamon stick, cloves, bay leaf, curry leaves and cook for a min .
  2. Add onion and cook for about 3 min and add tomatoes, turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, gram masala, grated ginger, grated garlic, chopped green chili and salt to taste.
  3. Cook till all the flavors of spices are blended in onion and tomato.
  4. Add the boiled dals in it and mix well and add some water to it.
  5. The dal fry is ready to serve. Garnish it with chopped green coriander (cilantro).
Recipe by WeRecipes at https://werecipes.com/mix-dal-fry-recipe-punjabi-mix-dal-fry/