Kacche Aam Aur Lehsun Ki Dal

Name: Kacche Aam Aur Lehsun Ki Dal
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Split Pigeon Peas (1 cup Arhar dal (Split Toor Dal)); 1 piece Mango (1 Mango (Raw) cut into 1 inch pieces); 1 piece Roma Tomato (1 Tomato finely chopped); 1 piece Green Chili (1 Green Chilli slit); ½ tsp Ground Turmeric (1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 2 ½ cup Water (2 1/2 cups Water); 1 tbsp Clarified Butter (1 tablespoon Ghee); 4 cloves Garlic (4 cloves Garlic thinly sliced); 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)); ¼ tsp Asafoetida (1/4 teaspoon SSP Asafoetida (Hing)); ¼ tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder (1/4 teaspoon Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder); 2 pieces Red Chili (2 Dry Red Chillies); 0 pieces Cilantro (Coriander (Dhania) Leaves small bunch, chopped)

A tangy Indian lentil curry made with split toor dal, raw mango, and garlic, tempered with a spiced ghee tadka.

50 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1Clean and wash the toor dal.
2Add the washed toor dal into pressure cooker along with raw mangoes, tomatoes, green chillies, turmeric powder, salt to taste and 2 1/2 cups of water.
3Cover the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 4 whistles and turn off the heat.
4Allow the pressure to release naturally and open the pressure cooker.
5Stir in chopped coriander leaves, check the salt and spice levels and adjust to suit your taste. You can adjust the consistency of the dal by adding more water if required.
6Transfer the dal to a serving bowl.
7Heat the ghee in a small tadka pan on medium heat.
8Once the ghee is hot add cumin seeds, dry red chilies and garlic and saute for few seconds till the garlic starts to brown.
9Once done add asafoetida and red chili powder into the hot ghee mixture and stir and immediately turn off the heat.
10Spoon this tadka over the dal and serve.
11Serve the dal with Phulkas or Steamed Rice along with papad and Beetroot Raita for a wholesome weekday lunch or dinner.