Dal Tadka Recipe Flavored with Lemon and Coriander

Name: Dal Tadka Recipe Flavored with Lemon and Coriander
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Yellow Moong Dal (1 cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split)); 1 tbsp Butter (1 tablespoon Butter (Salted)); 1 tsp Clarified Butter (1 teaspoon Ghee); 1 piece Ginger (1 inch Ginger grated); ¼ tsp Cumin Seeds (1/4 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)); ½ tsp Ground Turmeric (1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 1 piece Bay Leaves (1 Bay leaf (tej patta) torn into half); 2 pieces Green Chili (2 Green Chillies slit); 4 sprig Cilantro (4 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves finely chopped); 0 pieces Lemon Juice (Lemon juice as required); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste)

Dal Tadka Recipe Flavored with Lemon and Coriander - Dal Recipes (Indian)

40 minIndian

Servings3

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Steps

1To begin making Dal Tadka Recipe, cook the lentils (split moong dal) with 2 and half cups of water, turmeric powder and salt until soft. Whisk the dal if you like a finer texture, else let the dal have grainy texture. Allow it to rest in the pan/pressure cooker it was cooked.
2Heat a teaspoon of ghee in a small pan; add in the cumin seeds and allow it to crackle. Next add in the ginger, green chillies and bay leaf and stir fry for a few seconds. Add the seasoning to the cooked lentils.
3Give the lentils along with the seasoning a brisk boil , add in the butter and adjust the salt levels to suite your taste.
4After a couple of minutes of boiling the dal, turn off the the heat, squeeze in the lemon juice and stir in the chopped coriander leaves.
5Transfer the Dal Tadka to a serving bowl and Serve Dal Tadka along with Phulkas and Kachumber Salad for a weekday meal.