Malwa Dal

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Indian

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: people

Calories: 251kcal

Author: Neha Mathur

Malwa Dal is a tuvar dal based accompaniment which is simmered with generous tadka of spices. It tastes the best with Zeera Rice or piping hot phulkas.

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Ingredients

1 cup Tuvar dal
½ tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
½ cup Tomato Chopped
2 tbsp Ghee
¼ tsp Hing
1 tsp Zeera
1 tsp Ginger Finely chopped
1 tsp Garlic Finely chopped
2 Green chilli Slit into half
1 tsp Red chilli powder
2 tbsp Lemon juice
2 tbsp Fresh coriander Chopped

Instructions

Wash the dal and add it in a pressure cooker along with 3 cups of water, turmeric powder, salt and tomato.
Pressure cook until dal is done.
Let the pressure release and then open the lid of the cooker.
Heat ghee in a pan.
Once the ghee is hot, add hing and zeera and let them crackle for a few seconds.
Add ginger, garlic and green chilli and fry until garlic becomes slightly browned.
Switch off the heat and add red chilli powder in the ghee.
Immediately pour the tadka in the dal.
Add lemon juice and mix well.
Garnish with fresh coriander.
Serve hot with baffle or Phulke.

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