Here is a popular Indian lentil recipe - Daal Fry or Dal Fry
- a nutritious and yummy curry made with different kinds of
daals. This dish is so popular - it's served in most Indian
Resturants. It
goes well with roti / Indian bread or rice.
Wash the daals and cook till
well done in a pressure cooker (approx 4 whistles)
When the steam
in the pressure cooker has released, remove the lid, mix the
daals well and mash lightly with the back of a laddle.
Heat 2tbsp
ghee in a skillet. Sauté chopped onions in ghee till they turn
translucent.
Make a paste of the spice
powders in little water and add it to the onions. Stir and cook
for a couple of mins - this is to roast the spices.
Add cooked daal, mix well and
cook for 5 mins. Turn off the heat.
Now in another skillet heat 1
tbsp ghee. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. After the seeds
splutter, add curry leaves, chopped green chillies, ginger &
garlic - stir well and fry these for a few seconds. Then pour
this on the cooked daal.
Add lemon juice and chopped
cilantro and mix well.
Serve hot with roti or rice.
Note :
This can also be made without a pressure
cooker - in which case, soak the daals for a couple of hours and cook
in an open pan with a little water. Start with little water and keep
adding more as the daals cook.
