Mixed Dal

Mix Dal

A blend of mixed lentils boiled together, lightly blended, spiced, and tempered with rai and hing.

Category: main course
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Mixed Dal

Mix Dal

A blend of mixed lentils boiled together, lightly blended, spiced, and tempered with rai and hing.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup mixed dals (total) (moong dal, channa dal, tuvar dal, udad dal; NOTE says all dals together should come up to 1 cup (conflicting))
  • moong dal (part of mixed dals)
  • channa dal (part of mixed dals)
  • tuvar dal (part of mixed dals)
  • udad dal (part of mixed dals)
  • ginger
  • green chilies
  • red chili powder
  • turmeric (haldi)
  • salt
  • garam masala (slight)
  • mustard seeds (rai) (for tempering)
  • oil (for tempering)
  • asafoetida (hing) (for tempering)

Instructions

  1. Boil all the dals together.
  2. Blend the cooked dals a little.
  3. Add ginger, green chilies, red chili powder, turmeric, salt, and a little garam masala.
  4. Prepare tempering with oil, rai, and hing, and add it to the dal; season and serve.

Tips

  • NOTE: All the dals together should come up to 1 cup (as written), though the recipe also states 1 1/2 cup total dal.