DS Da Dhaba: Panchmel Dal

Sudden spurts of the feeling that I am a Marwari, prompts me to try Rajasthani food sometimes. I love the authentic Rajasthani food as everyone else, so why not try it out at home. A new kind of recipe, one more variety of dal that I can cook. Here's the recipe for Panchmel Dal:



Ingredients I used:

Soak the following overnight in 3-4 times water:

1/3rd cup arhar dal
1/3rd cup whole moong dal
1/3 cup split Bengal gram (chana dal)
1 tablespoon urad dal (split black lentils)

1 medium sized onion chopped finely
2 medium tomatoes chopped finely
Ginger garlic paste
Green Chilis chopped finely
2-3 Cloves
1 cardamom (a bit crushed)
1/2 cinnamon stick
2 bay leaves
A pinch of Asafoetida (hing)
1/2 tsp amchur powder
Tamarind pulp
3 tablespoon ghee
1 tsp Garam Masala
1/2 tsp turmeric Powder
1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
Red Chili Powder (to taste)
Coriander Powder (to taste)

Directions:

1. Add salt and turmeric to soaked lentils and boil.
2. Heat ghee in frying pan. Once hot, add asafoetida, jeera,cloves,cinnamon, bay leave , cardamom and green chili and cook for 1 minute.
3. Add onion and ginger-garlic paste and cook till onion turns light brown.
4. Once onion turns light brown, add chopped tomato until the mixture separates from ghee.
5. Add coriander powder, red chili powder, garam masala and amchur and cook for a minute.
6. Add tamarind pulp (to taste) and cook for a minute.
7. Add cooked dal to the mixture and boil for 5 minutes.
8. Garnish with coriander and serve.