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Dal Tadka
The everyday restaurant-style yellow dal with a sizzling tempered butter finish — comforting and satisfying.
Ingredients
Instructions
Simmer dal in 1L water with turmeric until completely soft, about 30 minutes.
Fry onion in 1 tbsp ghee until golden, add garlic and ginger.
Add chilli powder and cumin, cook 1 minute.
Add tomatoes and cook 8 minutes.
Add tomato mixture to cooked dal, simmer together 10 minutes.
For tadka: heat remaining ghee in a small pan until smoking.
Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, dried chillis and asafoetida — they will sizzle.
Pour tadka over dal, scatter with coriander and serve immediately.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.
