Toor Dal is the famous Indian Lentils can be easily made very tasty with simple ingredients. This Toor Dal Recipe is boiled and then cooked in Onion, Tomatoes, Ginger and Garlic. Toor Dal is extremely delicious dal dish, because of its tangy taste and the seasoning of various seeds and asafoetida.
Toor Dal is famous with several other names, such as Tuvar dal, Arhar dal, Split pigeon pea, Tovar dal, Tur dal, Thuvaram paruppu and Kandhi pappu.
Tur Dal is also known as Yellow Pigeon Peas, and it is high in protein and fibre. You can serve Tuhar Dal with Steamed Rice and Jeera Rice, even it goes very well with Vegetable Pulao too.
The fresh tomatoes and coriander give this dal a real freshness and the asafoetida is worth seeking out to counter the gassy effects of the split peas. Toor Dal is easily available in all Indian stores and I think every Indian household must be enjoying this simple but very tasty Dal Recipe in lunch or dinner.
You can browse several Tasty Dal Recipes in my blog, such as Dal Fry Restaurant Style, Dal Tadka Dhaba Style, Dry Chana Dal, Turai Chana Dal, etc, but this one is most quick dal dish among all.
Let my show you how to make this quick and easy dal recipe at home. For complete list of ingredients and step by step instructions, please refer to recipe snippet below.
Toor Dal Recipe Step by Step
Following are the ingredients required for making Toor Dal Recipe. Toor Dal, Onion, Tomato, Green Chili, Curry Leaves, Ginger and Garlic.
Finely chop the Onion, Tomato, Green Chili, Ginger, Garlic and Coriander Leaves. Keep aside.
Boil dal by adding about 2 cups of water, few cloves of garlic, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp coriander powder and salt to taste. Mash the boiled dal with hand blender and keep aside. 
Heat oil in big vessel or pan. Add 1 tsp mustard seeds and 1 tsp cumin seeds. Allow the seeds to pop up and then add 1 bay leaf and 1 whole dried red chili. Saute for a few seconds on low flame. Add finely chopped onion, chopped green chili, chopped garlic and chopped ginger. Cook it on low flame with continuous stirring and then add few curry leaves. Keep cooking for 2-3 minutes, till the onion is translucent.
Add chopped tomato and mix well. Add 1/2 tsp red chili powder, pinch of asafoetida and 1/2 tsp coriander powder. Keep stirring for few minutes on low flame, till the mixture is nice and mushy.
Pour boiled dal and about 1 cup of water. Simmer the flame and season with salt to taste.
Cook for few more minutes, add some crushed kasuri methi and chopped coriander leaves.
Cook for 2 more minutes.
Toor Dal is ready to serve with Indian Bread, Steamed Rice or Jeera Rice.
How to make Toor Dal Recipe:
Toor Dal is the famous Indian Lentils can be easily made very tasty with simple ingredients. This Toor Dal Recipe is boiled and then cooked in Onion, Tomatoes, Ginger and Garlic. Toor Dal is extremely delicious dal dish, because of its tangy taste and the seasoning of various seeds and asafoetida.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Toor dal
- 1 medium size finely chopped onion
- 1 finely chopped tomato
- 12-15 cloves of garlic, fine chopped
- 1.5 inch ginger piece, fine chopped
- 1 green chili, chopped
- Few curry leaves
- Few whole cloves of garlic
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi) for boiling dal
- 1 tsp coriander powder (dhania powder) for boiling dal
- 1 tsp mustard seeds (rai)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 bay leaf (tej patta)
- 1 whole red chili (Kashmiri or guntur)
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- Pinch of asafoetida (hing)
- 1 tbsp crushed dried fenugreek (kasuri methi)
- Fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak 1 cup toor dal in water for about 20 minutes. Then boil the dal by adding about 2 cups of water, few cloves of garlic, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp coriander powder and salt to taste. Boiling of dal with take about 15 minutes. When dal is completely boiled, add some water, mash it with hand blender and keep aside.
- Heat about 2 tbsp of oil in big vessel or pan. Add 1 tsp mustard seeds and 1 tsp cumin seeds. Allow the seeds to pop up and then add 1 bay leaf and 1 whole dried red chili. Saute for a few seconds on low flame.
- Add 1 finely chopped onion, chopped green chili, chopped garlic and chopped ginger. Cook it on low flame with continuous stirring and then add few curry leaves. Keep cooking for 2-3 minutes, till the onion is translucent.
- Now add 1 chopped tomato and mix well.
- Add 1/2 tsp red chili powder, pinch of asafoetida and 1/2 tsp coriander powder. Keep stirring for few minutes on low flame, till the masala gets mixed with onion and tomatoes.
- Then add boiled dal and about 1 cup of water. Simmer the flame and season dal with salt. Cook for 2-3 more minutes, till it starts boiling and in between add crushed kashuri methi and fine chopped fresh coriander leaves.
- Toor dal is ready to serve with Steamed or Jeera rice.
Notes
Toor Dal is easily available in every grocery store. You can adjust the consistency of dal by adding some more water. Kasuri methi brings a nice flavor in dal.
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