Most of the recipes I find on the internet list a lot of masalas and spices even in simple daal which are not available to me. And most of them are Indian recipes where they put 3 cups of masalas for one cup of daal (:D).
Can someone tell me what are the most basic things required to make daals like masoor, mungi etc.?
I have tried just adding salt, red chillies, garlic, fried onion and tomato paste but it never tastes anything like daal.
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The best way to make masoor + moong dal:
1/2 cup of each
4 cups water
1/2 tsp haldi
red chilli powder to taste
salt
Combine above ingredients in a pot, bring to a boil, then lower to med-low. Cover but not fully. Dal tends to boil over. When cooked, add the tarka.
Tarka:
some oil
1 tsp zeera
3-4 garlic cloves finely sliced
heat oil
add zeera and garlic
when garlic is light brown, pour over dal.
Some people fry half an onion in the tarka as well. It's up to you.
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i exactly do like niksik
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I add 1/2 cup of yoghurt (whipped) to my moong-masoor daal and just laal mirchi and zeera powder, salt.
No onions except the tarka, no tomatoes either.
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Masoor (red lentil): Cook one cup of daal in two and half cups of water with 4 red whole chilies and when done do tarka of zeera, 3 whole red chilies and garlic. (some curry leaves as well).
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Urid with chilka and spinach:
Add green chilies, spinach, ginger and urid chilka daal with app amount of water and do tarka with garlic and zeera.
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Daal is one of the things I have noticed tastes better with the least amount of spices.Just use the regular one (salt,chillies,zeera,haldi,dhania powder ) and onions and garlic for tarka and cilantro,green chillies for garnishing.
I do not add tomatoes to daal.
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i add tomatoes in daal makhani and moon ki daal else i dont add tomatoes
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I add sliced tomato to khatti daal (which also has imli) and the bhagaar is of karri patta, garlic, zeera & sooki lal mirch
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I don't add too much stuff in daal, just salt, little red chilli, ginger garlic paste, haldi, coriander powder, and 1/4tsp or even less of garam masala. Let it all cook untill daal is done to the consistency I like. Sometimes, I will make begar with onions, zeera,, and cilantro, other times will just eat without any beghar.
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Thanks for all the recipes, I was adding almost the same ingredients but with tomato paste that was destroying the taste. Also adding garlic paste doesn't produce any taste, Garlic should be added in tarka instead.
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1 cup of daal (I normally mix half orange and half yellow)
1 tsp on salt (or to your taste)
1/2 to 3/4 tsp of chilli powder (or to your taste)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
4-5 whole cloves of garlic
1/2 onion (whole half piece)
cook everything with around 2 cup of water on low heat (very important). Once daal is tender, add water and bring it to your desired consistency. I normally take out the onion and cloves of garlic at this point.
For tarka
heat little oil and prepare tarka with
add 3-4 cloves of garlic finely sliced
add 1 tsp zeera
3-4 whole red chilli
6-7 curry leaves
(chicken cube optional)
Re: What else should be in a daal
Most of the recipes I find on the internet list a lot of masalas and spices even in simple daal which are not available to me. And most of them are Indian recipes where they put 3 cups of masalas for one cup of daal (:D). Can someone tell me what are the most basic things required to make daals like masoor, mungi etc.?
I have tried just adding salt, red chillies, garlic, fried onion and tomato paste but it never tastes anything like daal.
Why doesnt it taste like daal? does it come out too bland for your taste? or are you not boiling daal enough. Sometimes if you dont boil daal enough the proper daal wala aroma doesnt come out .. some of the recipes mentioned above are awesome .. do try ..
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I think daal recipe is pretty much easy and Common but we can add our choices in Tarrka.
Just like I always add "Curry Patta",whole red chilli/zeera with garlic cloves
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i add tomato onion and garlic cloves..turmeric, red chilli and salt with two cups of water, whn the daal is tender i add 2 cubes of chicken stock and mash the daal well with a potato masher or a wooden ladle until almost smooth ..i just love the texture
sprinkle garam masala and sometimes i add 2-3 tbsp of yoghurt..yummm
for the baghaar
3-4 garlic cloves finely chopped
whole red chilli, curry pata and zeera
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how do you make "khari" maash ki daal? the kind that is not mushy?
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If you ask M_was_here, she will say Milk
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The best ratio for moong masoor is masoor (orange) 1 cup and moong 1/3.