Split Urad Dal Recipe
Urad Dal or black gram lentil is pressure cooked and then tempered with aromatic spices. This is one of the popular North Indian food.
Servings: 4 Servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup split black gram lentils (skinned) dhuli urad dal
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 tomato chopped
- 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste (or fresh chopped)
- 1 green chilli
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp salt (as per taste)
- 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
Final Tempering
- 2 tbsp ghee clarified butter
- 1/2 tsp hing or asafoetida
- 2 dry red chillies
- 4 garlic pods chopped
- 1 tsp red chilli powder (optional)
Instructions
- Wash & soak dal for 1 hour.
- Heat oil/ ghee in a pressure cooker.
- When oil is hot, add bay leaf.
- Now add chopped or minced ginger garlic (paste) and saute for 10sec.
- Add chopped onions and saute till translucent.
- Now add chopped tomatoes and cook for a minute.
- Then add soaked dal to it. Add required amount of water.
- Close lid of the cooker and cook for 5 -6 whistles.
- Once it's cold and releases the pressure naturally, open the lid.
- Heat 3 tbsp ghee in a tadka pan.
- Once oil is hot add cumin seeds.
- Add hing or asafoetida generously to the tadka pan.
- Then add crushed or chopped garlic and saute.
- Add dry red chilli and red chilli powder (optional).
- Pour in the tadka into the dal and cover it immediately with a lid.
- Add 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional) and chopped fresh coriander leaves.
- Split urad dal is ready to serve.