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Dal Tadka

Yellow lentils cooked with onions, tomatoes, and tempered with ghee, cumin seeds, garlic, and red chilies.

Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 20 mins

Ingredients

Provided

  • •yellow split lentils (toor dal)
  • •onion chopped
  • •tomato chopped
  • •ghee
  • •cumin seeds
  • •garlic minced
  • •dried red chilies
  • •turmeric
  • •fresh cilantro

Instructions

  1. 1Boil lentils in water with turmeric and salt until completely soft.
  2. 2Sauté chopped onions, garlic, and tomatoes in a pan until soft.
  3. 3Pour cooked lentils into the onion-tomato mixture and simmer for 5 minutes.
  4. 4Prepare tempering (tadka): heat ghee in a small pan, add cumin seeds, minced garlic, and dried red chilies until browned and aromatic.
  5. 5Pour the hot tempering directly onto the simmering lentils. Garnish with fresh cilantro.