Lehsuni Dal tadka is a comforting dish with strong flavors from garlic and made using pigeon peas split lentil. Lehsun means garlic and dal is just another name for dried pulse (lentils). Lentils and legumes are good source of fiber and proteins. So, it is important you include them in your daily diet. I enjoy all comforting food and love to cook. This reason is enough for me to make some lehsuni dal tadka.
I usually gather all ingredients before start making the dish. It saves time especially when you are multitasking in the morning getting your kid ready for school, packing lunch for hubby etc. Watch this quick video to make Lehsuni Dal Tadka:
You can serve dal with flat bread or rice. I enjoyed Lehsuni Dal Tadka today with Vegetable pilaf and lassi.
- Toor Dal/yellow split pigeon peas – 1 cup
- 1 Onion (finely chopped)
- 2 Tomatoes (finely chopped)
- Garlic cloves – 10
- Jeera/Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Green Chilli – 2 (sliced)
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Kasoori Methi/Dried fenugreek leaves – 1 tsp
- Coriander Leaves for garnishing
- Lemon – 1 (small one)
- Salt to taste
- Vegetable Oil – 1 tbsp
- Ghee – 1 tbsp
- Clean and soak dal and in some water for 30 minutes. Drain water and keep it ready.
- Pressure cook with 2+1/4 cup of water and turmeric powder.
- Mash the dal nicely and set aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute onions till translucent.
- Add chopped tomatoes, green chilies, 4 chopped garlic and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add cooked dal, salt, kasuri methi and let it simmer for few minutes. Add extra water if you feel its too thick.
- Add ghee in a small frying pan and when ghee is warm, add cumin seeds and 6 chopped garlic. Add this tempering in the dal, add juice of 1 lemon, and mix well.
- Garnish coriander leaves and enjoy.
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Lentils are so good for us and I need to include them more in my diet. Thanks for this lovely recipe, I’ll bookmark it to try soon. The flavours sound amazing!
Thank you 🙂
This looks just like my favourite dish from my local Indian restaurant! It’s always so amazingly tasty – I must try making it myself!
Thank you Becca 🙂
Perfect timing for me to see this recipe! I have a big old bag of lentils lurking at the back of the cupboard and I’ve been wondering what I should make with them…. Dal it is!
Thank you Emma. I use lentils regularly and you may find more recipe on my blog to use that bag 🙂
Oh, yum! I love lentils. What a beautiful dish.
Thank you Sarah 🙂
I love this type of tadka with chana dal… just delish and so comforting… I drink it most of the time like soup… 🙂
Thank you Rafee. yes, this can be taken as a soup too 🙂
Yum! Sounds amazing! I love all the spices in this! I need to try it. Dal is sooo good.
Thank you Melissa 🙂