Best Punjabi Dal Tadka Recipe Dhaba Style
Dal Tadka Recipe is one of the delicious recipes from North Indian Cuisine. This is one of the protein-packed recipes made with toor dal, tomato and tempered with spices.
This recipe when made a bit dilute can be served with plain rice but when made thick is served with roti or chapati. Across India, this recipe is famous and is made here and their changes are based on the location and purpose.
Learn how to make Dal Tadka Recipe Dhaba style with our step by step image instructions. Usually, the restaurant style is made with a thick consistency same as what we have done today.
When you visit North India, especially Punjab, you find this recipe made with the combination of two dal’s, one is Dhuli Moong and another Arhar Dal. Whatever the dal recipe you make, if we temper spices fried in ghee, its taste is ultimate.
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Dal Tadka Recipe, How to Make Dal Tadka Recipe Dhaba Style
Dal Tadka Recipe is one of the delicious recipes from North Indian Cuisine. This is one of the proteins packed recipe made with toor dal, tomato and tempered with spices.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Toor dal
- Water – required quantity
- 1¼ tbsp. Turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp. Oil
- 2 tbsp. Ghee
- 2 tbsp. Garlic finely sliced
- 1 tbsp. Ginger finely sliced
- 2 tbsp. Curry leaves
- ½ Large bowl Onions
- 2 tbsp. Green chillies
- 1¾ tbsp. Salt
- 1 Large bowl Tomatoes
- 1 tbsp. Red chilli powder
- 1 tbsp. Coriander powder
- ¾ tbsp. Garam masala powder
- ½ tbsp. Mustard seeds
- ½ tbsp. Cumin seeds
- 4 No. Dry red chillies
- Asafetida – a pinch
Instructions
- Wash Toor dal and transfer to the pressure cooker.
- Put 1 tbsp. oil, little turmeric powder and 500 ml. water. Usually, we add 2 cups of water for 1 cup dal.
- Cook dal on medium heat for 3 whistle blows so that dal becomes soft.
- While dal is being cooked, let us prepare spice mixture.
- Put ghee in a pan, when it melts add finely sliced ginger, garlic, green chillies, onions, a little salt and curry leaves.
- Add sliced tomatoes and cook open or closed with a lid till they turn soft.
- Sprinkle salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and mix well.
- By this time, dal might be ready to add into the spice mix.
- Before adding dal check dal whether it is cooked well or not, if not mash dal to make it soft.
- Add dal to onion-tomato mixture and cook at low temperature.
Tip: Check the taste of the dal, if needed add a little salt as per your taste.
- While toor dal is being cooked, let us prepare tadka or temper.
- Add ghee in a pan, when it melts add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, dry red chillies and asafetida powder.
- Mix all ingredients and pour temper to dal and mix well.
- Dal Tadka Recipe Dhaba Style is ready, garnish with coriander leaves.
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How to Make Dal Tadka Recipe Dhaba Style:
- Wash Toor dal and put it in a pressure cooker.
- Add ¼ tbsp. Turmeric powder, 1 tbsp. oil and 2 glasses of full water (500 ml.) and pressure cook dal for 3 whistle blows.
Tip: Adding a little oil and turmeric powder will help dal cook faster.
- Heat ghee in a kadai and add finely sliced ginger and garlic pieces and sauté for a while.
- Add curry leaves, onions, green chillies and ¼ tbsp. salt.
Tip: Adding salt while frying onions will help cook onions easily.
- Cook for a minute or two with the lid covered till the onions turn soft.
- Add tomato pieces and cook further for a minute covered with a lid.
- Sprinkle turmeric powder, salt, red chilli powder and coriander powder.
- Open the lid of the pressure cooker and check for the dal, if it’s cooked then it’s well and good else mash the dal to fine.
- Add garam masala powder and mix well.
- Pour mashed dal and mix well.
- Sprinkle ½ tbsp. salt and cook at low temperature.
- Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and dry red chillies.
- Add curry leaves and asafetida and mix well.
- Pour tempered ingredients into the dal while it’s hot and mix.
- Garnish Dal Tadka Recipe with coriander leaves and serve hot with white rice.
