Arhar Dal
Arhar Dal

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Arhar dal recipe - this is a lightly spiced and delicious Punjabi arhar dal fry made with pigeon pea lentils (toor dal or yellow lentils). There are many ways of making dal or lentils and this recipe is one. Arhar dal is one of the most common dish that is made in homes on daily basis.

Arhar Dal is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Arhar Dal is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have arhar dal using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Arhar Dal:
  1. Take 1/2 cup arhar dal (tuvar dal or toor dal or pigeon pea lentils)
  2. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  3. Prepare 1/4 cup chopped onions
  4. Make ready 1.5-1.75 cups water * check notes below on how to cook
  5. Take 2 tablespoons butter or ghee or oil - for the tempering
  6. Prepare 1 medium tej patta (indian bay leaf) - optional
  7. Prepare 2 cloves
  8. Get 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  9. Take 1 medium size tomato - chopped
  10. Get 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  11. Take 1/2 teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder
  12. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon garam masala powder - optional
  13. Prepare 1 pinch asafoetida
  14. Prepare 1/2-1 teaspoon kasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves) - crushed
  15. Make ready Few chopped coriander leaves for garnishing
  16. Take as per taste salt
  17. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon amchur powder (dry mango powder

Arhar dal is a common word in North India for Toor Dal. Indian Toor Dal (Arhar Dal) recipes. Panch Ratani Dal. toor dal recipes. Apart from protein, toovar dal also provides many nutrients our body needs such as iron, folic acid.

Instructions to make Arhar Dal:
  1. Pick and rinse the lentils very well. Add the lentils along with water in the pressure cooker.
  2. Add finely chopped onion, ginger and turmeric powder. - Stir and pressure cook for 8 to 9 whistles till the dal has become completely cooked and is of consistency which can be mashed easily.
  3. Mash the dal with a spoon or wired whisk. Keep the cooked dal aside. - If the dal appears thick, then add some hot water and keep aside.
  4. If the dal appears thick, then add some hot water and keep aside
  5. Heat oil in another pan. Add the tej patta, cloves and cumin seeds. - First fry the cumin till browned. Then add the garlic and saute for 10 to 12 seconds.
  6. Heat oil in another pan. Add the tej patta, cloves and cumin seeds. - First fry the cumin till browned. Then add the garlic and saute for 10 to 12 seconds.
  7. First fry the cumin till browned. Then add the garlic and saute for 10 to 12 seconds.
  8. Add the chopped onion and fry till transparent or light brown. - Add the green chilies and saute for some seconds.
  9. Add the chopped onion and fry till transparent or light brown. - Add the green chilies and saute for some seconds.
  10. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and asafoetida. - Stir and then add the tomatoes. Saute till the tomatoes become softened and you see oil leaving the sides of this base onion-tomato masala mixture.
  11. Lastly add the crushed kasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves) and saute for a few seconds. - Pour this tempering in the cooked dal.
  12. Add 1 tbsp butter or ghee (optional) and salt. You can add some water here if required. - Stir and simmer the arhar dal for 5 to 6 minutes or more till it reaches a slightly thick consistency. You can even keep medium consistency of the dal if you prefer.
  13. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve the arhar dal hot with steamed basmati rice or jeera rice or naan or rotis accompanied with roasted papad and a pickle or salad by side

Toor dal or arhar dal is most commonly used dal in Indian. There is another punjabi dal fry recipe made from arhar dal. Most of the ingredients and procedure for this recipe vs dal fry recipe are same. Learn to make Arhar Dal or Toor Dal easily with Samta Sagar. Indian recipes use several different dals (lentils) native to India.

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