Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, okra dal. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Okra Dal is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Okra Dal is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook okra dal using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Okra Dal:
- Get 1 cup Toor Dal -
- Take 1 Tomato - diced
- Make ready 1 Onion - chopped
- Take 3 cloves Garlic -
- Make ready pinch Tumeric Powder - a
- Make ready pinch Asafoetida powder - a
- Prepare Cumin Seeds
- Make ready Mustard seeds
- Get 2 Curry leaves - strangs
- Get chillies Dry red
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Make ready Oil
- Take coriander Freshly chopped
Instructions to make Okra Dal:
- Okra - or any vegetable like green beans or carrots if you want to add it to the dal - or you can leave the veggies out
- I first pressured cookered the dal, along with the tomatoes, a pinch of tumeric and 3 cloves of garlic. I made sure the water level was above the dal, so if you are measuring, it will be about 3 cups. I let it cook for about 3 whistles
- In the mean time heat some oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Next add the red chillies and the curry leaves. After a minute add the onions and let it cook until the onions go transparent. If you are adding any veggies, this is the time. Since I added okra, I added it at this time and let it cook for a little bit. Add the pinch of asafoetida powder at this point
- Let it cook for a litte bit and then add the cooked dal. Add some water if its too thick, and if its too watery, let it cook until it cooks down to the desired consistency. Add the required amount of salt
- Once its done, garnish it with some freshly chopped coriander if you like
- Serve it hot with some rice!
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