Cholar Dal Recipe

An excelent breakfast recipe.Your children will love it i say!!!!!!!!!!!! You can also use as a side dish for lunch or dinner and serve with rice.
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Summary

Preparation Time15 MinCooking Time30 Min
Ready In45 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexHealthy++Servings4
CuisineCourse
TasteVegetarian
Main IngredientInterest Group,

Recipe Story

This is a simple but tasty dish. The pinch of hing or asefoetida adds that extra zing to the whole recipe!!!!!!

Ingredients

 Bengal gram300 Gram
 Green chillies4
 Fresh coconut/Potatoes1⁄2
 Chopped coriander leaves1 Bunch (100 gm)
 Chopped tomato1
 Cumin seeds1⁄2 Teaspoon
 Garam masala powder1⁄2 Teaspoon (powdered cinnamon)
 Hing1 Pinch (aseafoetida)
 Roasted cumin powder2 Teaspoon
 Ghee2 Teaspoon
 Salt To Taste
 Oil2 Tablespoon
 Turmeric powder1⁄2 Teaspoon
 Red chilly powder1⁄2 Teaspoon
 Sugar2 Teaspoon

Directions

Wash and pressure cook the bengal gram in a way that it becomes soft and chewable but still being intact.
In the mean time dice the coconut/ potato in to small cubes .
In a pan heat 4 tsp oil and add cumin seeds and split green chillies,bay leaf,dried red chilly.let it fry for half a minute. Then add the coconut/potato cubes and fry untill light brown.
Add to this 1 tsp of roasted cumin powder,turmeric powder,chilly powder,sugar,salt,hing(asefoetida) and fry it for a minute.
Then add the boiled chaana daal or bengal grams into this mixture and stir well.
add 3 - 4 cups of water to this and let the whole thing come to a boil in medium heat. Wait for the coconut/potato to get cooked.
you can add the chopped tomatoes during this time if you want.
After it is cooked properly you add the chopped coriander leaves and remaining roasted cumin seed,garam masala powder for that extra flavour and taste.
Serve hot with poori or paratha.You can also serve it rice if you want.

Comments

ilovecooking profile page

ilovecooking says :

Hey Shanti did u try the recipe????? hope u liked it.......
Posted on: 20 August 2007 - 1:48am
shantihhh profile page

shantihhh says :

Great recipe! For those watching their weight brown Basmati is wonderful and very healthy!
Posted on: 18 August 2007 - 9:41pm
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