Dal is a very staple food at our house and all of us love to have dal with plain rice or roti too. Especially kids will eat dal without any complaints. When i shared 30 recipes for Aval vikatan magazine, i gave this recipe of carrot dal too. In the normal dal ,which we make i added carrots and used masoor dal in the place of normal dal. While making this post again for blog, i don’t have masoor dal at home , so replaced with yellow moong dal. Check out my masoor dal tadka.
Ingredients
Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves :2-3
Yellow moong dal | masoor dal 1/4 cup
Carrot 1
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Garlic 4 pods(optional)
Green chilli 1-2
Oil |Ghee 1/2 tblsp
Salt to taste
Lemon juice 2 tsp
Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves and coriander leaves few
Method:
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Soak the dal for 10 minutes. Chop thecarrots, finely chop the onion, tomato and peel the skin of the garlic.
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Add this to the soaked dal and add the turmeric powder.
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Pressure cook this for 4-5 whistles. In a pan add the ghee| oil and add in the mustard seeds,slit green chilli and curry leaves.
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Add the cooked dal to this and the salt.
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Add water to get the right consistency.
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Allow this to boil for 2-3 minutes and switch off the flame.
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Add lemon juice to this and mix well. Add coriander leaves to this.
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Serve hot with rice or roti
Note:
- Do not add the lemon juice while dal is boiling. It will make the dal bitter.
- You can add a pinch of garam masala in the last to enhance the flavor.
- Adding kasoori methi in the last will enhance the flavor.
Very easy, healthy dish for kids
really good way to include carrots…
A little amchur powder in masoor dal tastes great !! A staple at my home too!!
simple and easy recipe
delicious dal
Carrot dhal sounds delicious
so so delicious.simple to prepare.thank u so much dheedi
Prepared it today. Tasted very good. Thx.