Dal Thadka

Dal Tadka, which is a North Indian side dish served with Rotis, is the one simple dish that you can make within minutes. You need not spend a lot of time sauteing different ingredients one by one. So I prefer to make it often when i find the hungry tummies at home asking for a quick delicious meal.

Ingredients

•  Toor Dal- 1/2 a cup
• Masoor Dal- 1/2 a cup
• Green chillies- 2 nos
• Onion - 1 large
• Tomatoes- 2 small
• Ginger - 1/2 inch
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala - a pinch or two
• Asafoetida- a pinch or more
• Water - 2 cups
• Cream- 1 1/2 tbsp
• Kasurimethi- 1 tsp (Optional)
• Coriander leavers- 2 tsp (Optional)
• Salt
• Oil

For Tadka

• Ghee- 1 tsp
• Red chillies- 3 or 4
• Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
• Red chilly powder- 1 tsp
• Asafoetida- 1/4 tsp

Method

• Take a pressure cooker
• Add the lentils(Masoor dal and toor dal) to it after washing well
• To this add finely chopped onions, green chillies, tomatoes and ginger
• Add sufficient water 
• Now add in the turmeric powder and asafoetida. Mix with a spatula
• Switch on flame and cook for 10 min
• Open the pressure cooker after 10 min and mash the lentils with a spatula gently
• You may add kasuri methi and corriander leaves along with the right quantity of salt
• Pour in a serving bowl and keep aside

Tadka

• Take a frying pan
• Add ghee to it and heat it
• Now in goes the cumin seeds. Let it splutter
• Add the red chillies (here i have made use of dried ones)
• Mix well with a spatula
• Add the red chilly powder to the pan
• Mix well
• Now switch off the flame and pour the hot tadka to the cooked dal
• Serve hot with rotis
• Enjoy!!