Dhaba Style Dal Tadka – the rustic way of preparing this Dal tastes very delicious. My way of cooking Dhaba Style Dal Tadka, easy, quick and delicious.  You should try cooking this dish at home.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

  • Tur Dal – Two cups.  Soaked in water for 2 hours.  Boiled and mashed into a paste. Add pinch of salt while boiling Dal.
  • Onion – 2 large or 3 medium size.  Finely chopped.
  • Garlic – 12 cloves.  8 cloves finely chopped.  4 cloves thinly sliced.
  • Ginger – 1 inch size.  Finely chopped.
  • Coriander leaves with stem – small bunch.  Don’t chop it.  This has to be used just by breaking or slicing using fingers.
  • Ghee – 5 tbs.
  • Hing (Asefoetida) powder – half tsp.
  • Green Chilli – Two pieces.  Finely chopped.
  • Kashmiri Red Chilli powder – 2 tbs.
  • Coriander powder – 2 tbs.
  • Jeera powder – 1 tsp.
  • Jeera seeds – 1 tbs.
  • Garam Masala powder – 1 tsp.
  • Tumeric powder – half tsp.
  • Salt to taste.
  • Whole Kashmiri Red Chilli – Two pieces.

Method:

  • Take a large Kadai and heat it up.
  • Add 3 tbs of ghee and let it heat up and melt.
  • Add jeera seeds to the hot ghee and allow it to crackle.
  • Add chopped ginger, finely chopped garlic, finely chopped green chilli to the hot ghee.  Stir it well. Cook the ginger and garlic for 2 to 3 minutes on high flame.
  • Add finely chopped onion.  Mix them well.  Cook the onion on high flame until it becomes transluscent.
  • Add tumeric powder, jeera powder, coriander powder, 1 tbs of kashmiri red chilli powder, salt to taste, garam masala powder into the Kadai and mix them well.  Add half a cup of water.  Cook the masalas on high flame for 2 to 3 minutes.  Keep stirring.
  • Take half of the fresh coriander leaves.  Just break/slice them using your fingers and add it to the Kadai.  Stir well for 2 to 3 minutes on high flame.
  • Add the mashed Dal in to the Kadai.  Mix them well on medium flame.  Add a little water while mixing.  Let all masalas and dal mix together properly.
  • Add water as required to make the Dal into a thick consistency.  Mix them well. Close the lid of the Kadai.  Cook this Dal for 4 to 5 minutes on low or medium flame.
  • Open the lid of the Kadai after 5 minutes and reduce the flame to medium. Give it a nice mix again.
  • To prepare a Tadka, take a flat pan and heat it up.
  • Add remaining ghee to the hot pan.  Allow it to melt and heat up.
  • Bread the kashmiri whole red chilli into two pieces and add it to the hot ghee in the flat pan.  
  • Add sliced garlic to the hot ghee in the flat pan.  Mix them well for a minute only on high flame.
  • Add Hing powder and mix it well.
  • Add remaining kashmiri red chilli powder into the hot ghee in the pan. Stir it only for 30 seconds and turn off the flame.
  • Immediately add the hot Tadka to the cooked Dal.  Just give it a stir and close the lid immediately.  Turn off the flame.
  • Dhaba Style Dal Tadka is ready.
  • Garnish the Dhaba Style Dal Tadka with remaining fresh coriander leaves by just breaking it using finger and serve hot.
  • Happy Eating.