Dal Tadka

Name: Dal Tadka
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300g yellow toor dal; 2 ripe tomatoes, diced; 1 white onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2cm fresh ginger, minced; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp ground cumin; 3 tbsp ghee; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 2 dried red chillis; 1 pinch asafoetida; 1 handful fresh coriander

The everyday restaurant-style yellow dal with a sizzling tempered butter finish — comforting and satisfying.

Total time

50 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Indian

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

300gyellow toor dal

2ripe tomatoes, diced

1white onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

2cmfresh ginger, minced

1 tspturmeric

1 tspchilli powder

1 tspground cumin

3 tbspghee

1 tspcumin seeds

1 tspmustard seeds

2dried red chillis

1 pinchasafoetida

1 handfulfresh coriander

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.

Calories

133

Protein

1.8g

Fat

10.9g

Carbs

8.3g

Fiber

Sodium

10mg

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