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Dal fry recipe | Dal fry with toor dal

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Dal fry is made with toor dal mostly (split pigeon peas), an easy to cook, comfort food that goes well with steamed rice and some have it with roti/ phulkas too. I like it with both😃.My favourite dish in North Indian cuisine! Whenever I get a chance to go to a North Indian restaurant,my order will be Dal fry with steamed rice and kadai paneer…. My ever green combo! Today I just felt like making this at home and here’s the recipe…Thanks to Sangeeta for the recipe!

Check out other dal recipes

  1. Simple dal tadka with moong dal
  2. Panchmel dal
  3. Dal with dal baati
  4. Dal with dal pakwan
  5. Dal palak
  6. Methi dal
  7. Green moong dal
  8. Dal makhani

I have added tadka on top which is not a part of dal fry recipe, still I love the way it looks so, I added a tadka over it, which actually is the main difference between dal fry and dal tadka. I make dal fry with toor dal by cooking dal first and then adding it and cook further along with tempered jeera, tomato and other masalas. And I keep dal tadka simple with moong dal and a tadka on top (either like the one you see below or like the one I posted here). Just my way of making dal tadka and dal fry, though there are numerous variations.
Dal fry

Dal fry recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time: 10 mins    |  Cook time: 30 mins    |  Serves: 4

Ingredients

Toor dal (thuvaram paruppu) – 1/2 cup

Tomato – 1

Ginger – 1/2 inch piece

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric – 1/4 tsp

Asafoetida – A pinch

Green chillies – 2

Kasoori methi – A generous pinch

Salt – As needed

To Temper

Ghee – 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Lemon Juice to squeeze on top before serving (optional).

Step by step method:

  1. Pressure cook dal, with enough water (I used 1 & 1/2 cups water), a drop of ghee, ginger, asafoetida and turmeric for 5 whistles. (I soak the dal if quality is not good, cook in medium flame after first whistle). Once done, just mash it little to make it creamy.step-1-dal-fry
  2. Heat a kadai/pan with ghee and temper with cumin seeds. Add finely chopped tomato, salt, green chilli slit  and cook till soft .step-2-dal-fry

  3. Once soft, add red chilli powder, crushed kasoori methi. Add a cup of water and let it boil.step-3-dal-fry
  4. Add the cooked dal and mix well.step-4-dal-fry  

  5. Let it simmer for 5 minutes until the dal is creamy. It thickens as it cools down, so switch off accordingly. Garnish with coriander leaves.step-5-dal-fry

NOTES:(Variations)

  • I have used toor dal,you can also substitute with moong dal or combination of  moong,toor and channa dals.
  • You can replace ginger with garlic or with ginger garlic paste for variation. You can also add onion before adding tomato.
  • You can add coriander powder and garam masala powder along with red chilli powder.
  • I never make dal fry when I am out of lemons,I like the lemon squeeze the best in it 😉 If you like it you can add too. But reduce to 1 tomato.

You can garnish with lots of chopped coriander leaves for a great flavor, Serve with hot steaming basmati rice or roti.
Dal-fry

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  2. Suhaina

    Super duper daal dear.Wonderfully done and very well presented. U have become very very professional now.. Love this curry very much.
    Very well explained.

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  8. Nithya

    Oh so the kasturi methi makes it special is it. 🙂 wow.. will try it out soon. 🙂 I did something else last night and called it dal tadka 😉

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  28. Happy Cook

    I love dal and rice one of my fav comfort food.
    I must send your blog link to my sis she has been asking me to send as i told her you have lots of tragitional sweets here.

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  64. RV

    Look at that dish, you have made a simple dal fry look Royal. Lovely presentation Raks and I agree it is such a comforting dish with piping hot rice or rotis

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  80. aipi

    delish looking daal.. lovely lovely presentation n awesome clicks.. loved the cute balti server.. first time here.. you have such a wonderful space with awesome recipes.. book marked many of them.. glad 2 find you 🙂

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  92. Srimathi

    Your pictures of dhal fry have inspired me to make some soon. I loved your last photo.Had to meditate on it for some time. I promise you that I will try it out in a couple of days.

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  112. AM

    Hi, delurking, tried your mix veg kurma, and it turned out so good. I tried cauliflower and peas gravy yesterday, and it was a hit too. I am not a pro and whenever I try something from a foodblog most of the time it is a miss but not yours. Your pics r awesome, which make is ur camera. Ur pics r so drool worthy and makes me want to eat all the time which is not good for me..hehe. Keep up the good work.

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  130. Aishwarya Sampath

    Hi Raji,
    I just finished making this recipe and I must tell you its better than the one made in restaurants. It would be great if you could post the recipe for the curry in the picture(the one with the potato,cauliflower,capsicum & tomato). Thanks in advance.

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  132. Aishwarya Sampath

    Hello, I just made this recipe and I must tell you its tastes great. I'm just curious to know recipe of the curry(the one with the potato and cauliflower) you had along with this recipe.Thanks in advance

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  134. Jeya

    hai ,
    How r u? I saw ur recipes its looking great i need a recipe which u have posted in dal tadka, i.e aloo gobi mutter subzi recipe it looks mouth watering, plz post his subzi i really needed
    Also post Stir fry north indian subzi. Thank u

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