Rajasthani dal
Rajasthani dal recipe in the curry category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1/2 cup green gram split, moong dal
- 5 tablespoons bengal gram split, chana dal
- 1 tablespoon ginger, chopped
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida, hing
- 2 red chilies, whole and dried
- 1/2 cup onions, chopped
- 1 tablespoon red chili powder, cayenne
- 1 teaspoon dry mango powder, amchur
Recipe method:
- Pick, wash and soak moong dal and chana dal in about 3 cups of water for an hour.
- Boil soaked moong and chana dal with 4 cups of water, salt, turmeric powder and chopped ginger till chana dal is cooked.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, asafoetida and whole dry red chilies and cook till cumin seeds begin to crackle.
- Add chopped onions. Cook till onions are light brown.
- Add red chili powder and cooked dal to this.
- Simmer for 10 minutes and add amchur or 2 teaspoons of lemon juice.