Dal Tadka Dhaba Style – Yellow Dal Fry | Punjabi Lasooni Tarka Dal Fry

Dal Tadka

Dal Tadka Dhaba Style is simple, super-hearty and easy to prepare. Punjabi Yellow Dal Fry Recipe is full of goodness and really comforting. While traditional Punjabi cuisine is rich and robust, nothing comes close to the bold and flavourful dal tadka, a yellow dal spiced with a tempering (tadka) of garlic, hing, dry red chilli, mustard and cumin seeds.

Dal Tadka Dhaba Style Punjabi Recipe

Dal tarka, made with split red lentils and split pigeon peas, is a rich and smooth yellow dal tempered with spices and desi ghee. Most Indian restaurants serve this mouth-watering tadke wali dal preparation.

Punjabi Dal Tadka Dhaba Style:

Restaurant style Punjabi Dal tadka, with its delicious garlicky flavour, makes the perfect accompaniment to Jeera Rice or Indian breads.

Dal Fry

How to make lasooni dal tadka dhaba style:

To make Tadka Dal, firstly clean and wash masoor and tur dal.

Wash lentils

Pressure cook the dals with two cups of water until the dals are nicely cooked. Once the steam releases, open the lid and lightly mash the dals. Set aside.

Cook Dals

Meanwhile, chop the onion, tomato and coriander leaves, slit the chilli and grate ginger-garlic.

Ingredients for yellow dal fry

Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a kadai. Toss in chopped onions and sauté until they turn slightly brown. Then add the slit green chilli and grated ginger-garlic. Sauté for half a minute till the raw smell disappears.

Punjabi yellow dal tempering

Now tip in the chopped tomato and sauté till it softens.

Saute tomato for tarka dal

Next sprinkle turmeric powder, salt and red chilli powder.
Then mix in the cooked dal.

Yellow dal seasoning

Add one cup of water and stir well. Let the lasooni yellow dal simmer on medium flame, stirring in-between. Once the desired consistency is reached, remove the yellow dal into a serving bowl.

Simmer yellow dal

Heat ghee in a pan. Sizzle cumin and mustard seeds; then add chopped garlic, dry red chillies and asafoetida. Sauté till the garlic turns a light brown.

Tadka for yellow dal

Finally, pour the tempering over the cooked yellow dal.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve Punjabi Dal Tadka Dhaba Style with any Indian flatbread or steamed rice.

Punjabi Dal Tadka

If you are searching for more lentils recipes, then do try out Lemon Dal

Punjabi Yellow Dal Fry details below:

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.

Course Main Course Vegetarian

Cuisine Punjabi

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Total Time 35

Servings 3

Calories 157kcal

Author Shil

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