: Treat your taste buds with Tomato dal #IndiaNEWS #Food Hyderabad: Tomato dal is a tangy, flavourful and delectable dish that is served with hot, steaming rice, a stir-fried vegetable, and some crackers,

Treat your taste buds with Tomato dal #IndiaNEWS #Food
Hyderabad: Tomato dal is a tangy, flavourful and delectable dish that is served with hot, steaming rice, a stir-fried vegetable, and some crackers, fryums, or papads with a dollop of ghee and some pickles. It elevates our taste to the next level.
The dish is pretty simple and prepared like the other dal dishes, but it has a rich tomato flavour. The dals consistency is important it should be thick and creamy for maximum enjoyment. So, let’s try this simple yet delightful dal recipe and treat our taste buds.
Ingredients
• Toor dal : 1/2 cup
• Green gram dal : 1/4 cup
• Tomatoes : 3, chopped
• Green chilies : 3, slit
• Tamarind : 2 reeds
• Fenugreek seeds : 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
• Chilli powder : As needed
• Salt : to taste
• Oil : 2 1/2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds : 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds : 1/2 tsp
• Red chilies : 2 to 3
• Curry leaves : 2 reeds
• Coriander leaves : A few strands
Method
• Take a cooker, add toor dal, and 2 tbsp or 1/4 cup of green gram dal as it enhances the taste and texture of the dal and cooks more quickly.
• Wash them twice and add chopped tomatoes, green chilies and tamarind. Add fenugreek cumin seeds.
• Add turmeric powder, two glasses of water, add 1 1/2 tsp of oil and cook until three to four whistles. Let it release the pressure and open the lid.
• Add chilli powder and salt to taste and mix.
• Heat a pan with 1 1/2 tbsp of oil, add mustard and cumin seeds, red chilies and let splutter.
• Add garlic cloves, curry leaves and add the cooked dal to the temper.
• Add water as needed depending on the required consistency of the dal.
• Add some coriander leaves for garnishing and put off the flame.
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