Dal fry recipe / how to make Dal fry recipe

Dal fry recipe / how to make Dal fry recipe

Dal fry recipe is popular Indian recipe made by toor dal (tur dal) or yellow lentils. Learn how to make Restaurant style Dal fry recipe with step by step photos. You can also use moong dal to make this recipe. The consistency of dal fry recipe is always keep medium or thick. Don’t make thin consistency, it spoils the taste. Restaurant style Dal fry recipe is serves along with any rice. It also tastes good with chapatti or roti.

Cuisine – Indian

Course – main

Prep Time – 5 minutes ,  Cooking time – 15 minutes

Total time – 2o minutes

Serve – 4

Ingredients

·         Toor dal/arhar dal (yellow lentils) – 1 cup

·         Onion – 1 chopped

·         Tomato – 1 chopped

·         Turmeric powder (haldi) – ½ tea spoon

·         Garam masala powder – ½ table spoon

·         Mutard seeds(sarso) – 1 table spoon

·         Cumin seeds – ½ table spoon

·         Curry leaves – 6 to 7

·         Garlic cloves – 5 to 6

·         Asafetida powder (hing) – 1 pinch

·         Red chili – 1

·         Chili powder – 2 table spoon

·         Salt as per taste

·         Oil – 3 table spoon

·         Chopped coriander leaves – 2 table spoon

How to make Restaurant style Dal fry recipe with step by step photos -

Method - 

1)      Rinse the lentils(toor dal) and add them to pressure cooker. Pour 3 cups water in the cooker, add turmeric powder.

2)      Pressure cook the lentils for about 3 whistles or more till lentils become soft. Here I made 3 whistles. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Open the lid and stir cooked lentils with spoon.

3)      Preparation of tempering – heat oil in pan, firstly add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds are crackled, add cumin seed (jeera), curry leaves, red chili, garlic cloves, asafetida(hing) and saute for a minute.

4)      Then add chopped onion and saute till onion becomes translucent. Then add tomato, saute it till tomato becomes soft.

5)      Then add cooked toor dal/arhar dal. Add water if necessary to make medium consistency.

6)      Don’t add more water to make thin consistency, it spoils the taste of dal fry recipe.

7)      Add chili powder, garam masala powder, salt and boil it on medium flame.

8)      Lastly add chopped coriander leaves( dhania).

Our  Dal fry recipe is ready to serve.

Serve Dal fry recipe with jeera rice or simple rice

How to make Restaurant style Dal fry recipe with step by step photos -

Method - 

1)      Rinse the lentils(toor dal) and add them to pressure cooker. Pour 3 cups water in the cooker, add turmeric powder.

2)      Pressure cook the lentils for about 3 whistles or more till lentils become soft. Here I made 3 whistles. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Open the lid and stir cooked lentils with spoon.

3)      Preparation of tempering – heat oil in pan, firstly add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds are crackled, add cumin seed (jeera), curry leaves, red chili, garlic cloves, asafetida(hing) and saute for a minute.

4)      Then add chopped onion and saute till onion becomes translucent. Then add tomato, saute it till tomato becomes soft.

5)      Then add cooked toor dal/arhar dal. Add water if necessary to make medium consistency.

6)      Don’t add more water to make thin consistency, it spoils the taste of dal fry recipe.

7)      Add chili powder, garam masala powder, salt and boil it on medium flame.

8)      Lastly add chopped coriander leaves( dhania).

Our   Dal fry recipe is ready to serve.

Serve Dal fry recipe with jeera rice or simple rice