August 28, 2009

Dal Tadka

Serves two

This is one of the easiest foods to cook up and goes with both rotis and rice.


You need -
- 1 cup toor dal/lentils
- Some cumin seeds, turmeric, freshly ground pepper, chopped chillies and coriander, salt to taste and asafoetida

What you have to do -
- Steam cook the dal in a pressure cooker for 4 whistles
- In a kadai, heat some oil with 1 tsp of cumin seeds, asafoetida and chopped chillies
- Take the dal out of the cooker and add it with the excess water
- Add a pinch of turmeric and salt and mix well
- Cook until dal boils and the water is no longer separate from the actual lentils
- Garnish with freshly ground pepper and chopped coriander

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