Tarka Dal Fry

Name: Tarka Dal Fry
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300g yellow split dal (moong or chana); 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp salt; 5 cloves garlic, sliced; 2 dried red chillies; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 3 tbsp ghee or oil; 1 tomato diced; fresh coriander to serve

A quick North Indian dal, finished with a sputtering tempering of garlic, cumin and chillies fried in hot ghee or oil.

Total time

35 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Indian

veganvegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

300gyellow split dal (moong or chana)

1 tspturmeric

1 tspsalt

5 clovesgarlic, sliced

2dried red chillies

1 tspcumin seeds

1 tspmustard seeds

3 tbspghee or oil

1 tomatodiced

fresh corianderto serve

Instructions

Cook dal with turmeric and salt in 800ml water until soft, 20–25 minutes.

Heat ghee to smoking. Add mustard seeds, then cumin — let them pop.

Add garlic, fry until golden. Add dried chillies and tomato.

Cook 3 minutes.

Pour sizzling tempering over dal. Stir and serve with coriander and rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

Protein

0.6g

Fat

0.4g

Carbs

2.3g

Fiber

0.4g

Sodium

480mg

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