Dal fry

A proteinaceous super food for a healthy diet are lentils. They are high in fiber and Iron. They also help to lower cholesterol and is good for heart.

Dal fry is a lentil dish which is really tasty and goes well with Rotis and white rice. This is a recipe I finally rounded up after trying so many recipes. This one is the tastiest of them all.

Nutritional Information  (Approx)			(per serving)
Energy	124		Calories
Fat	2		%
Carbohydrate	7		%
Dietary Fiber	40		%
Sodium	7		%
Vitamin A	3		%
Vitamin C	6		%
Calcium	2		%
Iron	16		%
Protein	92		%
Sugar	2.5		Grams

Ingredients Toor dal/yellow pigeon peas 1/2 cup Moong dal/split mung beans 1/2 cup Green chillies slit 3 Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp Water 2 cups Ginger Garlic paste 1 tsp Salt to taste Lemon juice 1 tsp Coriander leaves chopped to garnish

To Temper
Oil/ghee	1 tsp
Jeera/Cumin seeds	1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds	1/2 tsp
Cloves	2
Fenugreek seeds	1/4 tsp
Red chillies	2
Onion chopped	1

In a pressure cooker, add washed lentils, water, green chillies and turmeric powder.

Also add ginger garlic paste.

Add salt and mix well. Cover the lid and Pressure cook for 2 whistles.

In a pot, heat oil/ghee and add cumin seeds, clove, fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds.

Once they start spluttering, add red chillies and fry for a minute. Then add onion and fry till it looks transparent.

Add the cooked dal and mix well.

Bring it to boil and add lemon juice.

Boil for 2 more minutes. 

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or rotis.

• You can add chopped tomatoes after frying onion instead of lemon juice.
• You can also add Masoor dal and channa dal to this recipe. I could not find them here yet so I have skipped them.