Mix Daal
Posted by : Pragya Bansal
Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup whole Urad Dal (black lentils)
- 1/4 cup Chana Dal
- 1/4 cup Moong
- 1/4 cup Masoor Dal
- 1/4 cup Tuar Dal ( Arhar)
- 2 small Onions, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste (Garlic: optional )
- 2 Green Chillies
- 2 Large Tomatoes
- As per taste Salt
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilly
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder 1 1/2 tbsp Ghee/Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- A pinch of (Hing)for garnishing Coriander Leaves
Method / Process
- Mix, pick, rinse several times and soak the Lentils in Water for 1-2 hours.
- In a pressure cooker ( or slow cooker ) add the mix of Lentils and pour some Water, till the water level reaches above the level of lentils. Add Salt and Turmeric and pressure cook ( or cook it, if using slow cooker) till 3-4 whistles of cooker.
- Meanwhile in a frying pan or kadahi, pour 1 1/2-2 tbsp of Ghee or Oil and let it heat up. Carefully add a pinch of hing and some Cumin seeds.
- When Cumin is brown, add Ginger Garlic or just Ginger paste, saute well, then add Onions and saute again till slight brown in colour.
- Add Tomatoes, Green Chillies, Coriander Powder and cook well till oil separates out or till Tomatoes are cooked well.
- Now just whisk the Dal slightly and pour it in the pan or kadahi ( you can pour the Onion- Tomato mixture in the cooker if your frying pan cannot accommodate the Dal).
- Mix well, add some Water if needed and cook on low flame for atleast 15 minutes or pressure cook it till 3 whistles of cooker.Simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Adjust the consistency of Dal. This Dal is supposed to be of creamy consistency. The longer you cook it on low flame , the more creamy texture is obtained.
- Garnish with Coriander Leaves.11. Serve it with Rice/ Roti.