Cholar Dal

Source : Wash Amp Soak Dal For One Hour Then Add Salt Turmeric Powder And More Water Approximately Ratio 1 3 I E One Cup Dal 3 Cup Water Pressure Cook Unt...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : July 31, 2026

Step:

  1. Wash & soak dal for one hour.

  2. Then add salt, turmeric powder, and more water. Approximately ratio 1:3 i.e. one cup dal, 3 cup water.

  3. Pressure cook until the dal is cooked, take care that it should not over cook to mushy.

  4. Now in a pan, heat ghee and fry coconut slices till it become light brown. Remove them. In same pan prepare tempering. Add cumin seeds & asafoetida. Once cumin seeds splutters, add all whole spices, saute gor while then add green chillies & ginger and cook for a while.

  5. Now add this tempering to the cooked dal, add sugar, kismis & fried coconut slices.

  6. Cook for 5-7 minutes on a slow flame so all the flavours & aroma of tempering infused in dal.

  7. Serve hot with luchi, paratha, or steamed rice.

    Cholar Dal recipe step 7 photo

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup split Bengal gram
  2. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  3. 2 tbsp ghee
  4. 1 tsp sugar
  5. 1 tsp cumin seeds
  6. 2 dry red chilies
  7. 1 bay leaf
  8. 2 green cardamoms
  9. 3 cloves
  10. 2-3 small stick cinnamon
  11. 8-10 kismis
  12. 8-10 coconut slices
  13. 2-3 green chillies
  14. 1 tbsp ginger (finely chopped/ grated)
  15. Pinch asafoetida
  16. to taste Salt

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