Dal is an indespensable part of the Indian thali, a staple food of every Indian household. Welcome back to my series The Desi Thali 1.0 and we can’t be missing out on Dal 🧡 We all have our versions, mostly cooked in a similar way with a little bit here and there but here’s my quick lazy version which just needs a handful of spices, sizzling in desi ghee to make a powerful soulful bowl 🥰
.
What’s Cooking? Episode 4: Dal Fry, this is what I call my Lazy Dal fry, made with yellow and orange dal (known as moong dhuli and malka masoor dal ) I highly recommend sticking to that desi ghee tadka, don’t skip heeng and not too watery (atleast that’s how I like it) 🙃 ! Ingredients and Instructions ⬇️
.
Ingredients
3/4 cup Orange Masoor Dal
1/4 cup Yellow Moong Dal
1 bay leaf
1 garlic clove
1/2 tsp each salt & turmeric
Drizzle of Ghee
3 cups water
.
Tadka
2 tbsp ghee
1 tsp cumin seeds, a fat pinch of heeng
2 green chillies (chopped for extra heat else sliced)
1 tsp finely chopped ginger
1 ...