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