Arhar Dal Recipe: Arhar Dal enhances the taste of lunch or dinner. It can be eaten with roti, paratha, or rice. If you also like to eat Arhar Dal and want to prepare it without onion and garlic, then you can take the help of our mentioned recipe.
Ingredients to make Arhar Dal
Arhar (tur) dal – 1 cup
Tomato chopped - 1
Ginger - 1 piece
Green chili - 1-2
Green coriander chopped - 2-3 tbsp
Cumin - 1 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Desi ghee - 1 tbsp
salt - as per taste
Arhar Dal Recipe
To make Arhar Dal, first, take the pulse and wash it thoroughly with water 3-4 times. After this, chop tomatoes, green chilies, and green coriander finely. Now put pigeon peas, one and a half glasses of water, turmeric, and salt as per taste in the pressure cooker, cover the cooker, and put it on the gas. Turn off the gas after 2-3 whistles in the cooker, so that the dal gets cooked properly.
Now take a pan and put ghee in it and heat it on medium flame. When the ghee melts, add cumin seeds and let it crackle for a few seconds. After this add chopped ginger and green chilies and fry for some time. After this add red chili powder and turmeric. After a few seconds, add finely chopped tomatoes to it and fry till the tomatoes become soft. Then add other dry spices and fry it.
Now put the boiled pigeon pea in the pan and cook it by mixing it well with the help of a ladle. You can increase the quantity of water in dal as per the requirement. Cover the pan and let the lentils cook for 5-7 minutes. When the dal is completely cooked, turn off the gas and garnish it with green coriander leaves. Serve delicious Arhar Dal prepared without onion and garlic with roti or paratha.
