Dal Tadka (Restaurant Style)

Name: Dal Tadka (Restaurant Style)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 g tuvar dal; 2 pc green chillies; 80 g onions; 200 g tomatoes; 5 g ginger; ½ tsp ground turmeric; ½ tsp garam masala; 0.1 tsp asafoetida; 600 ml water; 15 tbsp light cream; 15 g fresh coriander; 45 ml oil; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 5 pc garlic cloves; 3 pc dried red chillies; 0.1 tsp asafoetida; 1 tsp kasuri methi; ½ tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1 pc natural charcoal; 1 tsp oil

Creamy tuvar (pigeon pea) lentils cooked until soft, finished with warming spices and a smoky dhungar touch.

30 min 510 kcal/serving serves 4

510kcal16gprotein45gcarbs31gfat

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🥣tuvar dal

🌶️green chillies

🧅onions

🍅tomatoes

🫚ginger

🫙ground turmeric

🍛garam masala

🫙asafoetida

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About Dassana Amit

Indian vegetarian home cook and founder of Veg Recipes of India

Dassana Amit is an Indian home cook and food writer best known as the founder of Veg Recipes of India, one of the most widely used vegetarian recipe websites for Indian home cooking. The site has built a large following for its thorough, step-by-step approach to regional and pan-Indian vegetarian dishes.

Her recipes focus on everyday vegetarian Indian cooking, including dals, curries, rice dishes, and North Indian staples, built around layered spice blends like garam masala and tempered tadkas. Recipes are generally written for home cooks rather than restaurant technique, with detailed step-by-step photographs and precise measurements that prioritise reliability over shortcuts.

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