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Dal Fry Recipe (Restaurant Style Dal Fry) – How to make dal fry

January 2, 2014 by Sharmilee J 19 Comments

Dal Fry Recipe

I had many requests from readers to post more dal recipes…..Dal Fry is another popular Punjabi recipe which goes well with jeera rice,phulka or just plain rice. I have already posted Dal Tadka…though both dals have their unique taste and flavour I love dal fry the best among the 2 but still the humble tadka dal is my favorite with phulkas.I always had the confusion whats the difference between dal fry and dal tadka…and here is my find :

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

Dal Fry Recipe – IngredientsDal Fry Recipe

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2
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:

  1. 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.How to make dal fry - Step1
  2. 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.
    How to make dal fry - Step2
  3. 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.
    How to make dal fry - Step3
  4. 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.
    How to make dal fry - Step4

Serve hot with rice or roti(phulka)!

Dal Fry Recipe

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.

Dal Fry Recipe

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Comments

  1. Sapana Behl says

    January 2, 2014 at 3:43 pm

    Dal fry looks delicious !

    Reply
  2. Unknown says

    January 2, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    thank u so much for the recipe…was waiting for this recipe a long time…

    Reply
  3. Unknown says

    January 3, 2014 at 12:52 am

    I 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 !

    Reply
  4. achoo says

    January 3, 2014 at 1:15 am

    looks 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……

    Reply
  5. Ramya Krishnamurthy says

    January 3, 2014 at 2:31 am

    Yummy dal

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  6. Unknown says

    January 3, 2014 at 3:14 am

    Thnq fr the recipe. Shall try & give my fb

    Reply
  7. Hamaree Rasoi says

    January 3, 2014 at 3:29 am

    Delicious and mouthwatering to look at Dal Fry. Excellent pics as well.
    Deepa

    Reply
  8. Sonali Charkha says

    January 3, 2014 at 9:40 am

    The 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

    http://nirlepindia.wordpress.com/

    Reply
  9. Pavithra Manoj says

    January 4, 2014 at 5:58 am

    looks delicious and mouth watering…..

    Reply
  10. Vidya Prabhu says

    January 14, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    delicious…

    Reply
  11. usha says

    May 24, 2014 at 4:56 am

    It turned out delicious n yummy….hubby n kids loved it. …Thank u so much…usha dubai

    Reply
  12. Swati says

    December 24, 2014 at 4:18 pm

    I have made this daal few times now. It comes out really delicious. Thanks for this easy and wonderful recipe

    Reply
  13. Food World says

    February 8, 2015 at 11:43 am

    Dal 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

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      February 8, 2015 at 3:51 pm

      Yes you can use one dal too….just for flavour and taste I add a combination of dals

      Reply
  14. Sangeetha Ravichandran says

    October 15, 2015 at 4:52 am

    Thanks sharmi, for such tasty recipes.my whole family enjoyed it.

    Reply
  15. Vinodini Ramanathan says

    May 27, 2016 at 2:59 am

    Wow! Such a wellorganised post!! Looking forward to try this out… thanks for sharing the recipe..:-)

    Reply
  16. Dina says

    January 22, 2017 at 4:38 pm

    Love love love…it was perfect just like so many other recipes of yours that I tried

    Reply
  17. Sonia says

    August 2, 2017 at 3:58 am

    Hello 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.

    Reply
  18. esha says

    April 24, 2019 at 8:54 am

    I made it today. It was extremely yummy….will surely be your follower ..thanks a lot

    Reply

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