Dal Bahar

Another change in routine Toor dal. Arahar dal with flavorful tadka and vegetables

Ingredients 

1 cup arahar dal
1 tps mustard seeds
1 tps cumin seeds
1" ginger chopped
6-7 curry leaves
10 clove garlic chopped
1 green chilly chopped
1/2 tps hing

1/2 cup gobhi
1/2 cup beans
1/2 cup carrot
2-3 dum sticks

1/2 tps haldi
1/2 tps red chilly
1 tps lemon juice
salt according to taste
2 tps oil

Method

1. Heat oil in cooker. add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, garlic, ginger and hing. saute for garlic will change color.
2. Add chopped vegetable. saute for 2 minutes.
3. Add dal and mix well. add 2 cup water, salt , red chilly and turmeric. let it boil once.
4. Close the lid of cooker. let it cook for two three vessels.
5. Let it cool till cooker will release pressure.
6. Open the cooker , mix it. add coriander leaves and lemon juice.
7. Serve hot with rice or chapati

Vegetable Kadi

 Ingredients

1/4 cup gobhi chopped
1/4 cup beans chopped
1/4 cup capsicum chopped
1/4 cup carrot chopped
2 tomatoes chopped
1 onion chopped
2 tps oil.
1 tps mustard seeds
6-7 curry leaves
1 cup besan
1.5 sour curd
3/4 tps turmeric
1 tps red chilly powder
salt according to taste



Method
1. heat oil in pan. add mustard seeds and curry leaves. when curry leaves will start changing color add onion.


2. saute onion till it will change color.


3. add mix vegetables. saute for 1 minute. add little salt. mix well. add cover on the pan. and let it cook till all vegetables and cooked well. saute in between


4. add chopped tomatoes. cook for 2 minutes.


5. in a big bowl, add besan, dahi, salt, turmeric powder, and red chilly powder. add 1 cup water. mix well.


6. add this mixture in the pan. mix it. cover the pan cook for 8-10 minutes. saute in between


7. serve hot with Rice

Dal Lucknowi

I was looking for some change in the normal Dal fry. I found this recipe in the Sanjeev Kapoor's Site. I liked touch of milk in the Dal. adding garlic and coriander leaves in the Dal add more flavor in it. 

Ingredients

1 cup Arahar or toor dal
1/2 cup milk
1 cup water
2 green chilly

For Tadka

2 tps oil
10-12 garlic chopped
2-3 dry red chilly chopped
1 tps jeera
salt according to taste
1/2 tps turmaric powder
2 tps

Method

1. Wash Dal properly and put in pressure cooker.
2. add milk, green chilly. add 1 cup water in the dal.
3. let it cook for 2-3 wessles

4. Take another pan. heat the oil
5. add jeera in the oil.
6 now add copped garlic and red chilly
7. when garlic will become brown , mix it in the dal.

8. add little water if nessessary
9. garnish with chopped corriander