Monday, 10 October 2016 00:13

Garlic Dal Recipe

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Garlic Dal is one of the simplest but the yummiest dal to prepare. If you love garlic then this will surely go into your list of favorites. This creamy dal is filled with the garlic punch along with it being spicy and tangy. Garlic dal is best served with hot lachha paratha or steamed rice or ragi mudde along with a dollop of ghee.

Other tasty dals that you can try as well:

  1. Lauki Chana Dal Recipe
  2. Arhar Ki Dal with Lahsun Tadka
  3. Navrang Dal Recipe

Cuisine: North Indian Recipes

Course: Lunch

Diet: High Protein Vegetarian

Equipments Used: Hard Anodised Kadai (Wok), Philips Hand Blender (Puree/Chopping)

Prep in 10 M

Cooks in 30 M

Total in 40 M

Makes: 2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Arhar dal (Split Toor Dal) , or moong dal
  • 1/4 cup Tamarind Paste
  • 5 Green Chillies , adjustable
  • 10 cloves Garlic
  • Salt , to taste
  • For tempering
  • 1 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
  • 10 Curry leaves
  • Coriander (Dhania) Leaves , as required for garnishing

Directions for Garlic Dal Recipe

  1. To start the preparation of Garlic Dal, pressure cook the dal well and let it cool.

  2. Dry roast the green chillies.

  3. Blend the cooked dal, roasted green chillies, garlic, tamarind paste, salt in a mixer till the dal turns smooth.

  4. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Let the curry leaves crackle. Add the blended dal and immediately switch off the flame. 

  5. Do not heat the dal. If the dal cooks then it will lose the raw garlic flavour. Garnish with coriander leaves.

  6. Serve the Garlic Dal hot with lachha paratha or steamed rice or ragi mudde along with a dollop of ghee.