Posted By : Joanna D'souza
Have you ever tried Toor Dal recipe with Coconut ? If
not, this is the right time to give a try on this healthy dish There are 100
versions of Dal particularly the North Indians and Gujratis are famous for
their dal , But Dal with Coconut Milk in
Green Masala is very Rare combination
never came across any community making this version of Dal
Moong Dal and Toor Dal these 2 variants is very popular amoung East
Indians and Maharastrians of Mumbai . We Often make this Toor Dal .
Especially with the addition of Coconut ,
Mumbai being a coastal city is abundantly flushed
with Coconut , Hence most of our dishes contains coconut , This particular Dal is not only a healthy one
but also a tasty recipe. Since it doesn’t contain any spiciness, kids love to
have this healthy vegetarian dish.
This particular Ever Green Dal is a good combo with Steam Rice , Fried Fish
and any Pickle and Papad of your choice .
Required Ingredients :
Wash your 250 gms Toor Dal twice or thrice under
cold water
Drain of all the excess water , then refill with
clean water 1 inch above the surface of dal
Soak this Toor Dal for 2 hours prior to cooking
First Step Of Dal Tempering :
Prepare the following Tadka to make this Green
Dal
Heat your vessel
Add 2 tablespoon full of Oil
Sligthly saute your
1 finely chopped onion until soft and
transculent ( pls don’t brown it )
1 finely diced Tomato cook until soft and pulpy
Few leaves of kadi pata add and saute for few
seconds
4 to 5 slitted Green Chilles saute and fry until
soft
¼ to ½ teaspoon of Turmeric powder saute and fry for
just 1 minute
Then immediately pour in your soaked Toor Dal
along with all it's water
Let this Dal cook and simmer on slow flame
In the mean time go ahead and Prepare Green
Masala by using following things below
The Greeen Masala :
6 to 7 flakes of Garlic
½ pieces
of diced Ginger
2 tablespoon of Chopped Green Coriander leaves
¼ wati of Scrapped Fresh Coconut
1 teaspoon whole Jeera
Grind all this above ingredients in Mixer adding
little bit of water to it .
Method Of Preparation :
Add this Ground Green Coconut Masala
To your simmering Toor Dal
Stir well and incorporate your Dal and Ground Green
Masala throughly
Add sufficient water to make nice semi thick Dal
It's not a watery Dal so pls add water carefully
Check overall taste
check the Salt , add Pinch of Termeric powder if
you have to
At the end add bit of Chopped Green Coriander Leaves
Remove and serve this Fabulous Ever Green Dal with Steamed Rice and Fried Fish along with it
.
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