Simple Way to Make Ultimate Tarka Dal

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, tarka dal. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Tarka Dal is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Tarka Dal is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have tarka dal using 16 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Tarka Dal:

1. Make ready 200 g chana dal (dried yellow split peas) soaked for 20 mins
2. Make ready 2 tomatoes, chopped
3. Prepare 1 small onion, chopped
4. Prepare 1 clove garlic, peeled and left whole
5. Prepare 2 green chillies, sliced down the middle
6. Get 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
7. Take 4 cm piece fresh ginger, grated or thinly sliced
8. Get Handful chopped fresh coriander leaves (cilantro)
9. Get to taste Freshly ground salt and black pepper
10. Make ready To finish
11. Get 2 tbsp vegetable oil
12. Get 1 tsp black mustard seeds
13. Prepare 1 tsp cumin seeds
14. Get 2 red Kashmiri chillies, chopped into quarters
15. Take 2 shallots, finely chopped
16. Get 6 curry leaves

Steps 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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