Tadka Dhal

I LOVE Dhal, any time in any form, its simple yet can be combined with many flovours to make it personal. Dhal or lentils are good source of protein. I love all the lentils but I mostly like to cook mixed lentils to get more nutrition and it taste wonderful. You can choose your own mix to make this but make sure lentils you choose takes round about same time to cook.

There are many variations there to make a good tadka dhal, however here in my blog I like to cook in weight friendly manner as much possible, I try atleast. Lentils I have used are below:

Traditionally we use number of ingredient for tadka, there are quite a few you can add. All with distinctive flavours. Here are few I used:

Makes 2 servings:

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup of Chana Dhal, Black eye beans, toor dhal (pigeon pea), yellow mung dhal each
• 1 white onion chopped, 1 red onion
• 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp ginger, finely chopped
• 2-3 green chillies, more if you want more heat
• 1 tsp mustard and cumin seeds each
• 1 tsp asafoetida
• 1 cup of spring greens, cut
• 1/2 a tin of tomatoes
• 1/2 tsp turmeric, salt to taste

Method:

• add all the lentils in pressure cook with about 3 cups of water with little turmeric and salt and cook for about 15 mins on low heat, once the pressure is formed. Or cook in Slow cooker as per slow cooker instructions
• meanwhile prepare tadka, add little oil in a pan, when oil is hot, add asafoetida, mustard and cumin seeds. when seeds starts splattering add onion and cook until they are light brown/golden
• add garlic, ginger and cook until you get the aroma and are golden
• add tomatoes, cook until the oil is separated from tadka
• add salt, turmeric and green chillies, cook for few minutes. add cooked dhal, greens and cook for 10 mins on low heat
• for crispy onions, add little oil in pan add sliced red onion and cook until they are golden on medium heat, scatter them on dhal to serve with coriander.

Notes:

• create your own fav mix of lentils, but make sure you use lentils with round about same cooking time
• you can add spinach, brocolli or green beans instead of spring greens.