South Indian dal tadka
No onion no garlic South Indian dal recipe
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- ½ cup yellow moong dal | paasi paruppu
- ¾ cup water to cook the dal
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 green chili
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Few curry leaves
- ½ tsp asafoetida
- 1 tomato
- ½ potato cut into small cubes
- 1 tsp sambar powder
- Salt as needed
- Coriander leaves few
- 2 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Add ½ cup moong dal in a vessel and wash it well.
- Add ¾ cup water, green chili, ginger and turmeric powder.
- Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles and keep it aside.
- Add 3 tsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
- Once they start to crackle add asafoetida and curry leaves.
- Add 1 finely chopped tomato and saute for a minute
- Add ½ potato cut into small cubes. You can add carrots also instead of potato.
- Mix well
- Add the sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt.
- Mix well and add 1 cup of water
- Let this boil.
- Allow the potato to cook, and let it become soft. This will get cooked in 8-10 minutes.
- Now add the cooked dal to this.
- Add water to adjust the consistency.
- Mix well and boil for 2 minutes.
- Switch off.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Add 2 tsp lemon juice now and mix well.
- Serve with hot chapathi
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Notes
• You can skip the sambar powder and add red chili powder or add 2-3 extra green chilis
• Lemon juice is the main ingredient, so do not skip it.
• No onion no garlic South Indian dal tadka pairs well with rice and roti.