Dal Fry : The dal is pressure cooked first and added with tadka ingredients along with a mixture of onion,tomato ginger and garlic mixture and the dal is boiled for few mins which gives a great flavour.
Dal Tadka : The dal is pressure cooked along with onion,tomato first.Then the tadka tempering is done in ghee and added to dal and is ready to be served.Here the tadka tempering is the main flavour given to the dal.
Dal Fry Recipe – Ingredients
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Toor Dal – 3/4 cup
Chana Dal – 1/4 cup
Moong Dal – 2.5 tbsp
Onion -1 chopped finely
Tomato – 2 medium sized chopped roughly
Ginger – 1 tsp finely chopped
Garlic – 2 tsp finely chopped + 2 whole crushed
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp + 1/4 tsp
Kasoori Methi – 1 tsp crushed
Coriander Leaves – 1/2 tbsp finely chopped
Lemon Juice – 1 tsp
Water – as required
Salt – to taste
To temper:
Oil – 1 tsp
Ghee – 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Jeera – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – a sprig
Red Chillies – 1 whole
Green Chillies – 1 finely chopped
Method:
- Get your dals ready(the measures shown in the pic below does not match the quantity in the ingredients list, this is just to show the dals).Mix the dals, rinse it well and pressure cook with 2.5 cups(till immersing level) of water,1/4 tsp of turmeric powder and a tsp of oil for 5 whistles or until the dal turn mushy.
- Using a laddle mash it up.Get your other ingredients ready meanwhile.Heat oil + ghee in a pan – add the items listed under ‘to temper’ let it splutter then add ginger, garlic and saute till slightly brown.
- Then add onion and saute till it turns transparent, then add tomato and remaining 1/4 tsp turmeric powder saute till raw smell of tomatoes leave.Then add cooked dal.
- Add required water till it becomes little runny.Check for salt and adjust at this stage.Simmer and let it boil for 5mins. Then add coriander leaves and give a quick stir.At the stage of switching off, crush kasoori methi and add it.Give a stir and switch off.Drizzle lemon juice while serving.
Serve hot with rice or roti(phulka)!
My Notes:
- While serving drizzle a tsp of ghee for extra flavour.
- The measurement of dal I have given is according to our taste and liking, feel free to experiment.
- The consitency should neither thick nor runny, should be inbetween the 2 as you can see in the pics.
- You can even use just toor dal alone or a mix of massor dal and toor dal. I wanted to have all the 3 dals and it tasted so good. Dont add mong dal more than the mentioned amount as it may make the dal fry sticky.
- Adding green chillies and red chillies together gives a great flavour.You can skip the chillies and add 1/2 tsp red chilli powder instead.
- Add kasoori methi only at the last stage else it will make the dal slightly bitter.
- Dal thickens with time so switch it off accordingly.
Sapana Behl says
January 2, 2014 at 3:43 pmDal fry looks delicious !
Unknown says
January 2, 2014 at 4:17 pmthank u so much for the recipe…was waiting for this recipe a long time…
Unknown says
January 3, 2014 at 12:52 amI hope u vl agree with me that the most imp. Tip would be , as to when u would be consuming the dal after it is prepared , if eaten immediately, its taste is the best , it tends the loose the aroma and flavour as you eat it after a few hours !
achoo says
January 3, 2014 at 1:15 amlooks yummy…. particularly last pic is mouthwatering…. have a doubt why are we adding all 3 dhals together cant it be made with a single dhal……
Ramya Krishnamurthy says
January 3, 2014 at 2:31 amYummy dal
Unknown says
January 3, 2014 at 3:14 amThnq fr the recipe. Shall try & give my fb
Hamaree Rasoi says
January 3, 2014 at 3:29 amDelicious and mouthwatering to look at Dal Fry. Excellent pics as well.
Deepa
Sonali Charkha says
January 3, 2014 at 9:40 amThe mention of Dal fry is filled with vivid images of people enjoying a feast at Indian traditional Dhabas for most Indians!
Good one Sharmilee!
Best Wishes- Nirlep Team
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Pavithra Manoj says
January 4, 2014 at 5:58 amlooks delicious and mouth watering…..
Vidya Prabhu says
January 14, 2014 at 5:25 pmdelicious…
usha says
May 24, 2014 at 4:56 amIt turned out delicious n yummy….hubby n kids loved it. …Thank u so much…usha dubai
Swati says
December 24, 2014 at 4:18 pmI have made this daal few times now. It comes out really delicious. Thanks for this easy and wonderful recipe
Food World says
February 8, 2015 at 11:43 amDal fry looking so awesome.But mam is it necessary to use all 3 Toor Dal,Chana Dal,Moong Dal.We cant use only one of them…..
Dal Fry
SHARMILEE J says
February 8, 2015 at 3:51 pmYes you can use one dal too….just for flavour and taste I add a combination of dals
Sangeetha Ravichandran says
October 15, 2015 at 4:52 amThanks sharmi, for such tasty recipes.my whole family enjoyed it.
Vinodini Ramanathan says
May 27, 2016 at 2:59 amWow! Such a wellorganised post!! Looking forward to try this out… thanks for sharing the recipe..:-)
Dina says
January 22, 2017 at 4:38 pmLove love love…it was perfect just like so many other recipes of yours that I tried
Sonia says
August 2, 2017 at 3:58 amHello Sharmilee, great recipe. I’ve made this several times (of course) and it tastes delicious. I hardly deviate from the method/ingredients apart from adding more ghee 🙂 . Thank you very much.