Dal Tadka Dhaba Style Recipe
Punjabi yellow dal with lasooni tadka is a hearty and delicious Indian lentil recipe. The Indian restaurant style tarka dal yellow lentils dish can be made using any combination of dal. A staple dish in my winter kitchen, dal fry is very filling and pairs well with hot steaming Basmati rice or Jeera rice or Indian flatbreads such as rotis or parathas. Methinks this is the best Indian dal recipe! Try out this dal tadka recipe.
Servings: 3
Calories: 157kcal
Ingredients
- Split red lentils Masoor Dal – 1/4 cup
- Split pigeon pea Toor Dal -1/4 cup
- Water – 2 cups
For Tadka:
- Ghee – 1tbsp
- Onion – 1 medium, chopped
- Tomato – 1 medium, chopped
- Green chilli -1, slit
- Ginger Garlic grated – 1 tsp
- Salt – 1tsp
- Turmeric – 1/8 tsp
- Red Chilli Powder – 1/8 tsp
- Water – 1 cup
For tempering:
- Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Mustard seeds -1/4tsp
- Dry red chilli - 1
- Asafoetida – a pinch
- Chopped coriander – 1 tsp
- Ghee – 2 tsp
Instructions
- For this dal fry easy recipe, wash and pressure cook masoor and tur dal with two cups of water until tender. Turn off the heat, cool, open the lid and whisk the dal. Keep aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan. Add finely chopped onions and sauté till they turn translucent. Add green chilli, ginger and garlic and fry for 30 seconds.
- Add the chopped tomato and cook till it becomes soft.
- Add salt, turmeric and chilli powder.
- Stir in the cooked dal. Mix well.
- Add a cup of water and allow the dal to simmer for 5-6 minutes. Once it starts to thicken, transfer the dal into a bowl.
- Heat some ghee in a pan. Add cumin and mustard seeds. Once they pop, add garlic, red chillies and hing. Sauté for 15 seconds.
- Season the yellow lentils with the flavourful tadka. Sprinkle with freshly chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve Punjabi Dal Tadka Dhaba Style with Jeera rice or Naan