Dal is my comfort food and I can eat dal and rice or dal and roti even everyday. It is quick and easy to make and is a great accompaniment with any paratha, chapati and rice. Today we will learn how to make Dal fry for chapati and rice following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Dal Fry Recipe-Moong Dal Fry
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Side Dish
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Side Dish
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Moong Dal (yellow split) – 1/2 cup
Onion – 1 medium size finely chopped
Garlic – 4 finely chopped
Green chilli -1 finely chopped
Ginger – 1 inch piece finely chopped
Tomato – 1 finely chopped
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
For the seasoning
Oil -1 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds/Jeera – 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds – 1/4 tsp (optional)
Asafoetida/hing – a pinch
Red Chilli -1
Curry leaves – a sprig
For Garnishing
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped
Preparation
Wash and cook moong dal (pasi paruppu) with 1 1/2 cup of water and a pinch of turmeric powder until soft. Mash it well and keep it ready. You can either pressure cook or you can cook in a pan.
Finely chop onion, green chilli, ginger, garlic and tomatoes.
Method
Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chillies, hing and curry leaves.
When jeera/cumin seeds sizzle, add finely chopped onion, green chilli and garlic.
Saute until onions turn transparent or very light brown.
Then add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt needed and cook until tomatoes become soft.
Then add the cooked dal, a cup of water and bring it to boil. When it starts boiling, reduce the heat and cook simmered for 5-6 minutes. Check for salt. You may adjust the thickness of the dal by adding more or less water according to your personal preferences. I personally prefer it neither too thick nor thin.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with roti, parathas or rice.
Note – Have it with hot steamed rice topped with ghee or serve piping hot with chapatis or parathas.
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Thank you so much. I am going to prepare this right now.
Delecious!!!
It's my favourite too – I can survive with chapati dal, rice and curd . Tried it out it came out with a heavenly taste as if I ordered from a restaurant … Thank you for the recipe
Good one…thank u for the tasty receipe
Easy to prepare and very tasty
Great Job, Please keep posted this type of good recepies..
How do i cook moong dal? do we have to add some water?
Of course, you have to add water. For half cup, you can add 1 1/2 cup of water.I will update it.
Very tasty
It's very tasty
I don’t have pressure cooker can we cook dal on stove top ?
Yes, you can cook dal in a pan but will take a longer time. Try soaking the dal in hot water for 30 minutes before cooking.
can we use ginger-garlic paste instead of adding separately?
Glad I found this site. My wife on a trip to India and I am managing the cooking for me and my son. All recipes in this site are simple to make and good to eat. Thanks Pahdu
Srini
Tried today. Very good taste. Thanks