Dal Tadka

This is a quick and easy Dal recipe. I learnt about this from one of my colleague who is from Andhra. I prepared this today and absolutely loved it. It is very spicy dal with nice tangy flavor from tomatoes and tamarind. Not to forget, it tastes delicious with hot rice.

Ingredients:

Toor dal - 3/4 cup
Onion - 1 medium (Finely chopped)
Tomato - 1 small (Finely chopped)
Green chillies - 3
Asafoetida - A pinch
Tamarind - Small gooseberry sized
Turmeric / Haldi - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp (Finely chopped)

For Seasoning:

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Garlic cloves - 5
Red chillies - 2
Curry leaves - few
Onion - 3 tbsp ( Chopped finely)
Oil - 1 tbsp

Procedure:

• Wash the toor dal nicely. In a pressure cooker add dal, chopped onions and tomatoes, slit green chillies, asafoetida, tamarind and a pinch of turmeric. 
• Add around 2 to 2.5 cups of water and pressure cook till dal is cooked completely.

      Seasoning:

• Heat oil in a cooking pan and add mustard seeds. When mustard splutters add cumin seeds, garlic, curry leaves and broken dry red chillies. Fry all these till you get nice aroma. Make sure not to burn anything. 
• Add finely chopped onions and fry well till they become dark brown.
• Now add the cooked dal mixture to the seasoning and mix well. 
• Add required amount of salt and bring the mixture to boil. Let it boil for 5-10 min on medium heat.
• Finally garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

Relish yummy dal tadka with hot rice.