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Lehsuni Dal Tadka Recipe

May 31, 2016 By Priya Shiva 14 Comments

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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.

Ingredients for Dal

 

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.

lehsuni dal tadka

 

 

Lehsuni Dal Tadka Recipe
Cuisine: Indian
Author: Priya Shiva
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 1 hour
Serves: 4
Enjoy comforting dal with strong flavors of garlic!
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. Clean and soak dal and in some water for 30 minutes. Drain water and keep it ready.
  2. Pressure cook with 2+1/4 cup of water and turmeric powder.
  3. Mash the dal nicely and set aside.
  4. Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute onions till translucent.
  5. Add chopped tomatoes, green chilies, 4 chopped garlic and saute for 2 minutes.
  6. Add cooked dal, salt, kasuri methi and let it simmer for few minutes. Add extra water if you feel its too thick.
  7. 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.
  8. Garnish coriander leaves and enjoy.
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Comments

  1. Kate @ VeggieDesserts says

    May 31, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      May 31, 2016 at 2:32 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  2. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

    May 31, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    This looks just like my favourite dish from my local Indian restaurant! It’s always so amazingly tasty – I must try making it myself!

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      May 31, 2016 at 3:26 pm

      Thank you Becca 🙂

      Reply
  3. Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs says

    May 31, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      May 31, 2016 at 3:41 pm

      Thank you Emma. I use lentils regularly and you may find more recipe on my blog to use that bag 🙂

      Reply
  4. Sarah Walker Caron (Sarah's Cucina Bella) says

    May 31, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    Oh, yum! I love lentils. What a beautiful dish.

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      May 31, 2016 at 6:18 pm

      Thank you Sarah 🙂

      Reply
  5. Rafeeda says

    May 31, 2016 at 5:57 pm

    I love this type of tadka with chana dal… just delish and so comforting… I drink it most of the time like soup… 🙂

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      May 31, 2016 at 6:18 pm

      Thank you Rafee. yes, this can be taken as a soup too 🙂

      Reply
  6. Melissa @ My Wife Can Cook says

    May 31, 2016 at 8:53 pm

    Yum! Sounds amazing! I love all the spices in this! I need to try it. Dal is sooo good.

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      May 31, 2016 at 9:01 pm

      Thank you Melissa 🙂

      Reply

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