General
Panchratna Dal Recipe
Prep Time | 45 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup whole urad dal black lentils
- 1/4 gram cup chana dal Bengalsplit
- 1/4 cup moong whole green grams
- 1/4 cup masoor dal Egyptian lentils
- 1/4 cup toover dal Arhar/ pigeon peas
- 2 small onions chopped finely
- 1 Tbsp ginger-garlic paste Garlic: Optional
- 2-3 green chillies
- 2 large tomatoes
- Salt as per taste
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 1/2 Tbsp ghee/oil
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- pinch Aof asafoetida powder Hing
- leaves Corianderto garnish
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Instructions
- Mix, pick, rinse several times and soak the lentils in water for 1-2 hours.
- In a pressure cooker ( or slow cooker ) add the mix of lentils and pour some water, till the water level reaches above the level of lentils. Add salt and turmeric and pressure cook ( or cook it, if using slow cooker) till 3-4 whistles of cooker.
- If cooking in a pan, let the water reach the boiling point and then simmer on low heat for 30 -40 minutes.Be sure to cover the pan and to stir the dal occasionally. Add some more water if needed.
- Meanwhile in a frying pan or kadahi, pour 1 1/2-2 tbsp of ghee or oil and let it heat up. Carefully add a pinch of hing and some cumin seeds.
- When cumin is brown, add ginger garlic or just ginger paste, saute well, then add onions and saute again till slight brown in colour.
- Add tomatoes, green chillies, coriander powder and cook well till oil separates out or till tomatoes are cooked well.
- Now just whisk the dal slightly and pour it in the pan or kadahi ( you can pour the onion- tomato mixture in the cooker if your frying pan cannot accommodate the dal).
- Mix well, add some water if needed and cook on low flame for atleast 15 minutes or pressure cook it till 3 whistles of cooker.Simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Adjust the consistency of dal. This dal is supposed to be of creamy consistency.The longer you cook it on low flame , the more creamy texture is obtained.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve it with rice/ roti