Tarka Dal

Name: Tarka Dal
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300g red or yellow lentils; 1 white onion, diced; 3 ripe tomatoes, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2cm fresh ginger, minced; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp garam masala; 3 tbsp ghee or oil; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 2 dried red chillis; 1 handful fresh coriander

A simple everyday Indian lentil dish, comforting and nourishing, ready in about 30 minutes from start to finish.

Total time

40 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Indian

vegetarianvegangluten-free

Ingredients

300gred or yellow lentils

1white onion, diced

3ripe tomatoes, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

2cmfresh ginger, minced

1 tspturmeric

1 tspground cumin

1 tspground coriander

1 tspgaram masala

3 tbspghee or oil

1 tspcumin seeds

1 tspmustard seeds

2dried red chillis

1 handfulfresh coriander

Instructions

Rinse lentils and simmer in 900ml water with turmeric until completely soft.

Fry onion in 1 tbsp ghee until golden.

Add garlic, ginger and tomatoes, cook 8 minutes.

Add ground spices, cook 2 minutes.

Add to cooked lentils, simmer together 10 minutes.

For tarka: heat remaining ghee until smoking, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds and dried chillis.

Pour sizzling tarka over dal.

Scatter with coriander and serve with rice or roti.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

2.1g

Fat

0.9g

Carbs

9.5g

Fiber

2.4g

Sodium

13mg

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