Masala Chana Dal – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Wash chana dal really good and soak it in enough water overnight or at least 6-7 hours.
• Drain all the water from the dal.
• Transfer the soaked dal on the on a napkin and let it dry for about 10-15 minutes.
• In a bowl take red chili powder, black salt, cumin powder, salt and mix well.
• Masala is already.
• Heat up oil in a pan on medium heat.
• Take a strainer and add some dal in it.
• Drop the strainer into oil and fry the dal until it puffs up.
• Fry until the bubbles arising from dal reduce noticeably.
• Take a few grains out of oil and let them cool down a little.
• When it cools down, press it in your fingers.
• If the dal breaks easily then it is fried well.
• If you undercook the dal then it won’t be crunchy.
• Take the dal out on a tissue paper.
• Sprinkle the masala over the dal and mix well.
• Sprinkle the masala when dal is hot do that it gets nice coating of masala.