Dal Tadka Special
By: Usha Chowdhary Gupta
Published: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 10:10pm

Ingredients




1 cup Tur Dal,
1 Onion chopped,
1 Tomato chopped,
1 Green Chilly chopped,
1 whole Red Chilly,
2 tablespoons Garlic chopped,
A Piece Ginger chopped,
1 teaspoon  Garam masala,
1 teaspoon Red Chilly powder,
1 teaspoon Coriander powder,
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds,
1 teaspoon  Turmeric powder,
A Pinch Asafoetida,
1 tablespoon Ghee| Oil,
Salt to taste

Preparation

1 Soak Tur dal then pressure cook it until soft. 2 Boil the dal with salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder and garam masala. After few minutes of boiling it, churn it. Put a pan to heat, add cumin seeds, asafetida, green chilly, garlic, whole red chilly, onion, stir. 3 Now add the cut tomato, red chilly powder, again stir for few seconds then add this tempering to the boiled dal. Check salt and serve hot with a lemon wedge.