Dal Fry for Chapathi | Restaurant Style

Dal fry restaurant style step by step photos. Dal fry is most popular and tastiest recipe made with lentils, spices, onion and tomato

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Total times: 30 minutes

Serving: 3

Course: Side dish

Cuisine: Indian recipe

Ingredients:

50 gram moong dal

50 gram toor dal

25 gram channa dal (optional)

1 tblsp chilli powder

½ tblsp gram masala powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 pinch hing

For sautéing:

1 tblsp butter or ghee

4 garlic cloves, chopped

1 piece Ginger, chopped

2 Green chilies

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 onion, chopped

1 tomato, chopped

1 sprig curry leaves

For garnishing:

Few coriander leaves

Preparation:

Rinse moong dal, Toor dal, channa dal 2 to 3 times and soak it in water 15 to 20 minutes. After 20 minutes drain the water and keep aside

Method:

1.       Transfer all lentils into the cooker and add required water and salt( its for only lentils), cover the lid and let them cook for 6 whistles on medium heat. Once the pressure cooker settle down open the cooker and do the mix

2.      Heat a pan add 1 tblsp butter and 1 tsp cumin seeds, chopped garlic cloves, ginger and green chilies and saute till the ginger and garlic raw smell go away

3.      Add onion and curry leaves saute them till onion gets transparent

4.      Add chopped tomato and saute them till gets mushy

5.      Add chilly powder, garam masala and turmeric powder and saute for a minutes

6.      Add cooked dal and required water, 1 pinch hing and salt, mix well

7.      Cover the lid and let it cook till all the masala mix up with dal

8.     Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves

Pictorials

Rinse moong dal, Toor dal and channa dal 2 to 3 times and soak it in water 15 to 20 minutes

After 20 minutes transfer all the lentils to the pressure cooker and add required water and salt ( for lentils) 

Cover the lid and let it cook for 6 whistles 

Once the pressure cooker settle down open the cooker

Mix well

Meanwhile heat a pan and add 1 tblsp butter

Add Chopped garlic, ginger, cumin seeds and green chilies

Saute till the ginger and garlic raw smell goes away

Add curry leaves and onion, saute till onion gets transparent

Add tomato

Saute till tomato gets mushy 

Add chilly powder, turmeric and garam masala. mix well

Add cooked dal

Add required water, salt and hing. mix well

 Close the lid and let it cook till the masala mix up with dal

Garnish with coriander leaves

Serve dal fry with chapathi

My notes:

1.   if you need you can add channa dal other wise you can skip channa dal
2.   when we add butter or clarified butter it will give rich tasty