Happy weekends everyone. After all the hustle from work from home finally weekends are here and here is our weekend recepie for you guys.
It's a very basic, easy recepie and most of us would be having it Daily-- Dal. As we all know Dal is full of nutrition and is extremely good for our health. So let's add some tadka in our daily eaten Dal and prepare some yummy channa Dal tadka in restaurant style.
We all miss going out in weekends and having some delicious food in restaurants but trust me you can prepare yummy food at your place very easily and in few steps. So don't miss you restaurant Dal tadka and prepare it at home by following few easy steps which are provided below. Also read the blog till the end to get a health tip related to channa Dal. It will be more beneficial if you are at a diet to get fit.
GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE FOOD:--
It's a very basic, easy recepie and most of us would be having it Daily-- Dal. As we all know Dal is full of nutrition and is extremely good for our health. So let's add some tadka in our daily eaten Dal and prepare some yummy channa Dal tadka in restaurant style.
We all miss going out in weekends and having some delicious food in restaurants but trust me you can prepare yummy food at your place very easily and in few steps. So don't miss you restaurant Dal tadka and prepare it at home by following few easy steps which are provided below. Also read the blog till the end to get a health tip related to channa Dal. It will be more beneficial if you are at a diet to get fit.
GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE FOOD:--
- History tells us some interesting facts about Dal. Lentil(Dal) dishes have been known to indians since very early times. Evidences indicates that tha Indian Dal made its first appearance in the Indus valley civilization, where lentils of all kinds were a staple food.
- In medival India, it was revival of the dum pukht techniques (slow cooking in steam) that raised the stature of Dal, in the royal menu.
- Have you ever thought reasons for adding tadka to you Dal or any other food? One reason we could think of will be, it makes food more yummy or as I say add punch to the food.
- Tadka involves a bunch of spices that are tempered, all of them having some benefits.
- Ingredients of tadka hold some excellent medical properties, infact adding these spices to oil or ghee help to unlock their healing properties.
INGREDIENTS:---(easily serve 2people)
- Channa Dal
- Onion-- 1large finely chopped
- Tomatoes-2 medium size finely chopped and 1large tomato diced.
- Green chillies--3-4
- Ginger garlic paste --2 tablespoon
- Cumin -- 1tablespoon
- Turmeric powder-- 2tablespoon
- Cumin powder--- 1teaspoon
- Corriander powder---2 tablespoon
- Salt--- according to taste
- Red chilli powder---1tablespoon
- Garam masala powder--2tablespoon
- Red chilli -- 1
- Cooking oil 2tablespoon
- Ghee---4tablespoon
- Kasuri methi--- 2tablespoon
- Corriander leaves --handfull(chopped)
- Water---1cup
PROCESS:--
- Take a cooker, add 2cups of water and washed channa Dal, further add salt and 1tablespoon of turmeric powder. Cover the lid and cook it for 2 whistle on a medium high flame.
- Let the Dal gets cooked and till then let's prepare for the masala. For that take a kadhai add 2tablespoon of cooking oil and 2tablespoon of ghee. The secret behind a good north Indian tadka is good fat, that add flavours to it.
- After the oil gets hot add 1tablespoon of cumin seeds and 2or3 green chilli slit from the middle, when the cumin seeds stops splattering add 1 large onion chopped and fry them well until it turns slightly brown.
- When the onions turn slightly brown add 1tablespoon of ginger garlic paste and 2medium sized tomatoes chopped and fry them for 2 minutes.
- After 2 minutes we will add the masalas now, so add 1tableapoon of turmeric powder, salt according to taste(keep in mind that we have already put some salt in Dal), 1tablespoon cumin powder and 2 tablespoon Corriander powder and 2tablespoon garam masala powder. Mix them well and fry until the tomatoes gets mussy.
- If the masala starts sticking to the bottom add a splash of water.
- Now add kasuri methi and diced tomatoes. These diced tomatoes add a fresh tangy juice to the tadka masala. Carefully mix the masala so that the diced tomatoes don't gets crushed. Fry them until the masala starts separting oil.
- Now add the boiled channa Dal to the masala and mix it well, also add Corriander leaves to it. When the masala gets mix with Dal add 1cup of water, cook it for 2 minutes until it came to a boil. Switch off the flame and cover the lid.
- Now let's prepare the tadka for the masala Dal. Add the tadka 10-15 minutes before serving.
- For tadka , heat 2tablespoon of ghee and add 1/2 tablespoon of cumin seeds, 1 red chilli , switch off the flame and add 1tablespoon of red chilli powder. Pour this tadka onto the masala channa Dal, cover the lid so that the tadka leaves all the flavours into the Dal.
- Mix it well after 10minutes and serve it with some double roti or pulao or rice and enjoy your weekends.
Health tip:--- if you are on a weight loss journey, channa Dal is one of the best thing you can consume. Channa Dal with outer shell provide good amount of fibre and protein, which are known to keep you fuller for long as they take time to digest. It is a perfect ingredient to have during your weight loss as it help to reduce overall calories intake by a person.
Also if you are into good skincare then also you can use channa Dal for exfoliation. Just dry roast them and grind them into powder ( this is also known as gram flour or besan) mix it some water or with some curd and your instant exfoliator is ready.
Hope you liked today's recepie and these tips at the bottom part would be useful for you. Try this recepie on weekends or on normal days as they are quick and easy to cook .
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