Tarka Dal In A Hurry Recipes

A FANTASTIC TARKA DHAL RECIPE

Steps:

• Pour about 400ml of water over your lentils in a sauces pan and simmer over medium high heat until tender. Remove any foam that forms on the top. Cooking the lentils should take about 25 minutes.
• While your lentils are cooking, melt the ghee in a frying pan and add the curry leaves, cumin seeds and cinnamon stick.
• Stir in the chopped onion and fry for about 5 minutes until browned.
• Add the chopped garlic, garam masala and turmeric and stir it into the hot ghee..
• Pour the most of the ghee mixture (the tarka) over the lentils and stir it all in. Leave some to garnish.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and garnish with the remaining tarka.

EASY TARKA DHAL RECIPE ( RESTAURANT STYLE)

Steps:

• Wash the lentils at least 4-5 times in water until clear. Drain and set it aside.
• Add lentils, water, turmeric powder, green chilies (optional) to the saucepan and simmer over medium-high heat and cook until tender. Skim the foam on the top. Cooking lentils can take between 18- 20 minutes
• Once the lentils are cooked, simply whisk it through for a smooth consistency. Add another 1/4 -1/2 Cup water if the dal is too thick.
• Season with salt.
• Place the washed lentils, 3 cup of water, turmeric, salt, green chilies to the inner pot of the Instant Pot. Secure the lid and turn the vent to sealing. Pressure cook on HIGH for 5 minutes and NPR.
• Heat 1 tbsp ghee/oil in another pan and add cumin seeds, fennel seeds,dried red chillies and allow the seeds to pop.
• Add onion, ginger garlic and fry for 3 minutes until translucent.
• Add the tomatoes, spice powders, salt and cook for 4-5 minutes.
• Pour the prepared Tarka to the lentils and stir. Cook again for another 1 minute.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and Serve restaurant dal Tarka with roti/rice for a comforting Indian meal.

TARKA DAL

Steps:

• Put the lentils and water into a pan, stir well and bring to the boil. Skim off any froth that forms on the surface of the water with a spoon. Cover the pan with a lid and reduce the heat to a simmer. Simmer, stirring regularly, for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the lentils are just tender, adding more water as necessary.
• When the lentils have cooked through, remove the pan from the heat, and use a whisk to break down the lentils. Set the mixture aside to thicken and cool.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat. Add the cumin seeds, and fry for 20 to 30 seconds, or until fragrant. Add the onion, chiles, and ginger, and fry for 4 to 5 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Blend the garlic and tomatoes to a puree in a food processor. Add the puree to the pan, and stir well to combine. Add the turmeric, garam masala, coriander, and 3 1/2 ounces of water to the pan, and stir well to combine. Season the mixture with salt, to taste, and simmer over a medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the oil from the sauce has risen to the surface of the sauce.
• Add the cooked lentils to the sauce, and stir well, adding more water as necessary, to loosen the mixture. Bring the mixture to a boil, and season, to taste, with salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Stir in the chopped cilantro just before serving.

TARKA DAL IN A HURRY

Steps:

• Put the lentils in a pot and fill the pot with boiling water. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds. When the seeds start to pop, add the onion and stir-fry until golden and a little crisp. Remove half the onion with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• Add the tomato paste, ginger-garlic paste, chilies, and salt to the pan and cook until well blended. Add the cooked lentils.
• Serve hot, with the reserved fried onions on top and garnished with garnished with cilantro.

TARKA DAL

Steps:

• Be sure to rinse all lentils thoroughly, until the water runs quite clear.
• In a large dutch oven (or other large pot), add in all the ingredients for the dal and bring to a boil.
• Once dal reaches a boil, turn the heat down and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally, mashing lentils down to create a thick (but still quite liquid) mixture.
• In a separate skillet, heat oil over high heat. Add in mustard and kalonji seeds, allowing them to sizzle for 5-10 seconds. Add in the onion and the rest of the spices, stirring until the onion starts to brown.
• Pour onion/spice mixture over dal, and stir to incorporate completely. Add salt to taste.
• Simmer for a further 15 minutes to allow the flavors to marry.
• Stir in cilantro just before serving.

TARKA DAL

Steps:

• Rinse lentils in a strainer using cold water. Pick-over and discard any bad looking lentils. Then place them in a bowl and cover with cold water to soak for half an hour.Drain in the strainer and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large frypan over a medium heat. Add half the mustard seeds and half the cumin seeds. Stir for 1 to 2 minutes until they start popping.
• Add the garlic, ginger, curry leaves and half the onion. Stir until soft- about 8 minutes.
• Add the tomato, cashews, turmeric, garam marsala, ground chilli, ground coriander and the vegetable stock. Stir occasionally until thick- roughly 5 minutes.
• Add lentils and enough water to cover the lentils (about 1.5 litres). Bring to the boil and then reduce heat to low. Stir occasionally until the lentils are cooked through and tender - about 1/2 hour.
• In a seperate pan- heat the ghee and add the remaining spices. Stir for a couple of minutes, until fragrant. Add the remaining onion and stir until the onion is golden.
• Combine the onion mix with the lentil mix.
• Add the cream bring to the boil.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve sprinkle chopped coriander over the top.