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Dal Fry Recipe

Dal fry is the most popular dal recipe made with toor dal and spicy tempering of onion and tomatoes.
Prep Time10 mins
Active Time15 mins
Total Time25 mins
Course: Lentils, Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Dal fry recipe
Yield: 3
Calories: 317kcal

Materials

For pressure cooking dal

  • ½ cup Toor Dal
  • ½ cup Masoor Dal
  • Fat pinch of haldi/ turmeric powder
  • Salt per taste
  • 1 small Tomato finely chopped

For preparing temper (tadka)

  • 2 tbsp Cooking oil
  • 1 tsp Jeera/ Cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp Rai/ Mustard seeds
  • 2 medium Onions thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste either grated
  • 2 Whole red chillies
  • 1 Green chilli vertically slit
  • ½ tsp Haldi/ Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Red chilli powder lal mirch powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder dhaniya powder
  • 2 medium Tomatoes red and ripe tomatoes finely chopped
  • 1 tsp Garam masala
  • 1 tsp Kasuri methi Crushed with palms
  • 2 tbsp Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
  • Salt per taste
  • 1 to 1½ glass Water or as required

Instructions

Pressure cooking Toor dal:

  • Take 1 bowl dal (½ cup toor dal and ½ cup masoor dal) in a large bowl and rinse it under the running water.
  • Add dal in the pressure cooker along with salt, haldi, chopped tomatoes. 
  • Pressure cook the dal in the cooker for 4 whistles on medium flame, until the dal turns soft and can be mashed easily with the spoon or fingers.

For making tempering:

  • Heat the oil in a pan or kadhai on a medium-low flame and add a tsp of jeera and rai in the kadhai and saute till it splutters.
  • Now, add finely sliced onions and stir it till it turns golden brown in colour and looks translucent.
  • Then, add grated ginger garlic and saute till raw smell of garlic goes away.
  • Add whole red chillies and vertically slit green chillies and saute for a few seconds.
  • Then, add haldi, coriander powder and red chilli powder into the kadhai and mix it nicely with onions and cook for few minutes.
  • Add finely chopped tomatoes in the kadhai and mix all the ingredients nicely.
  • Cover and cook tomatoes till it turns soft and, add the mashed dal into the kadhai and mix it nicely with onion and tomatoes.
  • Now, add water and salt as per taste in the pan.
  • Cover and cook for 2 to 3 minutes and allow it to simmer on the medium-low flame till you get a perfect consistency.
  • Finally, add kasuri methi and garam masala and stir it nicely.
  • Garnish it with freshly chopped coriander leaves and Dal Fry is ready to be served.