Arhar Dal
Arhar Dal

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, arhar dal. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Arhar Dal is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Arhar Dal is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook arhar dal using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Arhar Dal:
  1. Take arhar dal (tuvar dal or toor dal or pigeon pea lentils)
  2. Get turmeric powder
  3. Take chopped onions
  4. Make ready water * check notes below on how to cook
  5. Get butter or ghee or oil - for the tempering
  6. Make ready medium tej patta (indian bay leaf) - optional
  7. Get cloves
  8. Get cumin seeds
  9. Get medium size tomato - chopped
  10. Take turmeric powder
  11. Prepare kashmiri red chilli powder
  12. Make ready garam masala powder - optional
  13. Prepare asafoetida
  14. Make ready kasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves) - crushed
  15. Prepare chopped coriander leaves for garnishing
  16. Prepare salt
  17. Make ready amchur powder (dry mango powder
Steps to make Arhar Dal:
  1. Pick and rinse the lentils very well. Add the lentils along with water in the pressure cooker.
  2. Add finely chopped onion, ginger and turmeric powder. - Stir and pressure cook for 8 to 9 whistles till the dal has become completely cooked and is of consistency which can be mashed easily.
  3. Mash the dal with a spoon or wired whisk. Keep the cooked dal aside. - If the dal appears thick, then add some hot water and keep aside.
  4. If the dal appears thick, then add some hot water and keep aside
  5. Heat oil in another pan. Add the tej patta, cloves and cumin seeds. - First fry the cumin till browned. Then add the garlic and saute for 10 to 12 seconds.
  6. Heat oil in another pan. Add the tej patta, cloves and cumin seeds. - First fry the cumin till browned. Then add the garlic and saute for 10 to 12 seconds.
  7. First fry the cumin till browned. Then add the garlic and saute for 10 to 12 seconds.
  8. Add the chopped onion and fry till transparent or light brown. - Add the green chilies and saute for some seconds.
  9. Add the chopped onion and fry till transparent or light brown. - Add the green chilies and saute for some seconds.
  10. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and asafoetida. - Stir and then add the tomatoes. Saute till the tomatoes become softened and you see oil leaving the sides of this base onion-tomato masala mixture.
  11. Lastly add the crushed kasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves) and saute for a few seconds. - Pour this tempering in the cooked dal.
  12. Add 1 tbsp butter or ghee (optional) and salt. You can add some water here if required. - Stir and simmer the arhar dal for 5 to 6 minutes or more till it reaches a slightly thick consistency. You can even keep medium consistency of the dal if you prefer.
  13. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve the arhar dal hot with steamed basmati rice or jeera rice or naan or rotis accompanied with roasted papad and a pickle or salad by side

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