Ingredients:
500 gm urad dal
2 onion (pyaj)
1 tsp turmeric (haldi)
1tbsp ground ginger (adrak)
1 tbsp ground garlic (lasan)
1tblsp ground chiliy
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp cumin (jeera)
1tsp garam masala
3 tomatoes
for tempering:
5 cloves (lavang)
1 inch cinnamon (tuj/dalchini) stick
5-6 cardamom
1/2 tsp mace (javitri)
1 tsp whole jeera
2 tbsp. fresh methi
1/4 cup oil (tel) or ghee
2 onion (pyaj)
1 tsp turmeric (haldi)
1tbsp ground ginger (adrak)
1 tbsp ground garlic (lasan)
1tblsp ground chiliy
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp cumin (jeera)
1tsp garam masala
3 tomatoes
for tempering:
5 cloves (lavang)
1 inch cinnamon (tuj/dalchini) stick
5-6 cardamom
1/2 tsp mace (javitri)
1 tsp whole jeera
2 tbsp. fresh methi
1/4 cup oil (tel) or ghee
How to make bharuchi dal:
- Cut one onion into small squares.
- Put dal and diced onion in a pressure cooker.
- Cook until tender.
- Slice the other onion thinly.
- Heat up oil in a pot and fry onion until light brown, mix in cloves,
cardamom, cinnamon, javantri and whole jeera and fry for 1 minute.
- Then mix in methi and fry for 1-2 more minutes.
- Mix in cut tomatoes and all other ingredients except garam masala
to the onion mixture.
- Fry this for 8-10 minutes or until the oil begins to separate.
- Mix in dal to it and mix well with a wooden spoon.
- Cover with a lid and lower the heat and stir fry for 5-8 minutes
or until the masala is well blended.
- Mash some of the lentil with a wooden spoon against the side of
the pot to thicken the sauce.
- Mix in garam masala and spice up to taste with salt.
- Serve roti or rice.