Pakistani Shahi Daal and Tarka
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
6 cups
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 200 -250 g lentils (1 1/2cups)
- 3 tablespoons tamarind paste
- 1 medium onion (sliced)
- 4 green chilies (whole)
- curry leaf (few)
- 2 tablespoons national shahi daal mixed spice
-
For TARKA (Sizzle)
- 4 red chilies (whole)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin seed (whole)
- 4 -6 curry leaves
- 1⁄2 cup oil or 1/2 cup ghee
directions
- Soak tamarind in 1 1/2 cup of warm water.
- Wash Daal and boil it with onion in 2 1/2 cups of water.
- When Daal is tender, add Shahi Daal Spice Mix and blend thoroughly with a wooden spoon or in a blender.
- Add tamarind juice, curry leaves and green chillies and cook.
- When green chillies are tender daal is cooked.
- For TARKA (Sizzle).
- Heat oil/ghee and fry all he tarka ingredients until reddish brown.
- Add to Daal.
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