Chana Dal Chataka – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Wash the dal really good with water.
• Add enough water and soak for about 2 hours.
• Transfer the soaked dal into the cooker.
• Add water, hing, and turmeric powder. Mix well.
• Close the lid and cook on medium heat until 2 whistles.
• Do not overcook the dal.
• The dal must be well cooked but at the same time, it should not be mashed. It should retain its texture.
• Add salt to taste and mix well.
• No need to heat up the dal again for this recipe. Use the dal as it is from the cooker itself.
• Take the dal out into a Katori in which you want to serve it.
• You can mash it a little if you want. But make sure to maintain the texture of the dal.
• For tadka, heat up oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and garlic.
• Fry garlic until it turns nice golden.
• When garlic turns golden, turn off the gas.
• Add curry leaves and red chili powder.
• Make sure to turn off the gas before adding red chili powder so that it won’t burn.
• Add tadka on the dal in katori and chana dal tadka is already.
• Do not mix the tadka at all with the dal.
• You can serve chana dal tadka with jawar bhakari or bajari bhakari.
• It goes well with rice too.
• You can have this dal as it is as soup.