Chana Daal Fry

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Recipe

👉Ingredients:

200 g (chana daal) (yellow split chickpea)

1 Liter water�2 tomato (medium size & chopped)

1 onion (chopped)

1tbsp ginger paste

1 tbsp garlic paste

1/2 tsp cumin powder

3-4 cloves

3-6 black pepper corns

1 inch cinnamon stick

1-2 cardamom

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp red chili (optional)

1/2 tsp whole spic powder�2 tbsp oil

salt as per taste

👉For tempering:

4 tbsp oil

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 onion (Julien cut)

2 cloves garlic (chopped)

1 tbsp ginger (Julien cut)

1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves

1 green chili (optional)

👉Method:

Rinse the chana dal well in running water. The. soak the daal in enough water for an hour. (You can even soak overnight if you want).�Drain the lentils. Take a cooking pot. Add lentils (Daal) and water into pot with salt. Cook until Andante (ready to eat). Cook it for 30-40 minutes. �Take another deep pan. Then add oil and onions fry until pink, add ginger garlic paste and tomatoes. Cook it for 5 minutes. Add all spices and 2 tbsp water. Cook this on high flame for 5 minutes. Then add drained cooked daal (lentils). Add 50 ml water and cover the pot from lid. Cook this for 10 minutes.

👉Tempering:

Take a pan. Add oil. Heat the oil. Then add onions, when the onions turns to pink. Add cumins seeds, garlic and chili. When brown, add this tempering onto the daal (lentils). Finally add coriander leaves and ginger.

Serve with basmati rice or Naan. �📌You can make the daal and refrigerate for upto 15 days in a container. Do tempering when serve.