Crisp at the edges and tender through the middle, Dal Fry Recipe - Dhaba Style with Secret tadka is a vegetarian north indian dal made with toor dal, water, and ghee / clarified butter in about 25 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: dal
- Cuisine: north indian
Ingredients
- ¾ cup toor dal
- 3½ cup water
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp mustard / rai
- 1 tsp jeera / cumin
- 1 dried red chilli (broken)
- few curry leaves
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 green chilli (slit)
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- 1 tomato (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves
Method
- firstly in a pressure cook ¾ cup toor dal and 3 cup water for 5 whistles.
- now in another kadai heat 1 tbsp ghee and splutter 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp jeera, 1 dried red chilli, few curry leaves and pinch of hing.
- add in 1 onion followed by 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and 1 green chilli. saute well.
- further add ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder and ½ tsp coriander powder. saute on low flame.
- additionally add 1 tomato and saute till it turns soft and mushy.
- add the cooked dal along with 1 tsp salt. mix well.
- simmer for 5 minutes or till dal turns smooth and absorbs flavour.
- now add ¼ tsp garam masala, 1 tbsp coriander and 1 tsp crushed kasuri methi.
- finally, serve dal fry with hot jeera rice or ghee rice.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
