Tarka Dal
Tarka Dal

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, tarka dal. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Tarka Dal is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Tarka Dal is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tarka dal using 16 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tarka Dal:
  1. Make ready 200 g chana dal (dried yellow split peas) soaked for 20 mins
  2. Take 2 tomatoes, chopped
  3. Make ready 1 small onion, chopped
  4. Prepare 1 clove garlic, peeled and left whole
  5. Get 2 green chillies, sliced down the middle
  6. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
  7. Make ready 4 cm piece fresh ginger, grated or thinly sliced
  8. Take Handful chopped fresh coriander leaves (cilantro)
  9. Take to taste Freshly ground salt and black pepper
  10. Make ready To finish
  11. Prepare 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  12. Make ready 1 tsp black mustard seeds
  13. Make ready 1 tsp cumin seeds
  14. Take 2 red Kashmiri chillies, chopped into quarters
  15. Get 2 shallots, finely chopped
  16. Take 6 curry leaves
Instructions to make Tarka Dal:
  1. Rinse the yellow split peas until the water runs clear. Place in a large pan and cover with 4cm water. Bring to the boil. Place the rest of the ingredients into the pan and simmer for 40 mins. Add more water if required to stop it drying out. When the peas are soft, mash with a potato masher but leave some texture to the dish.
  2. Heat the oil in a pan over a low heat. Add the mustard and cumin seeds, and fry for 20 to 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add the shallots, chillies and curry leaves and fry for 2 to 3 minutes or until the shallots are golden brown.
  3. Add to the top of the Dal before serving with a sprinkle of cilantro leaves.

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