Dalma

Instructions

• Wash dal really good 3-4 times with water.
• Add water, turmeric powder, green chilies, raw banana, drumsticks, carrot, potato, pumpkin, green beans, brinjal, whole tomatoes and close the lid.
• Cook on medium heat until 3 whistles.
• You can use yam or radish or veggies of your choice.
• Open the lid and take tomatoes out into a bowl.
• Mix dal well once with veggies.
• Heat up ghee in a pan.
• When ghee is hot enough add mustard seeds and let them pop up.
• Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds, onion seeds and fenugreek seeds.
• These 5 ingredients together are known as ‘Panchporan masala.’
• You can add all these ingredients together.
• Add hing, bay leaves, ginger and fry for just a minute. Take care that the masala should not burn.
• Add boiled tomatoes and mash them well.
• Cook everything for anout 2 minutes.
• Add cooked dal, water to adjust the consistency, cumin powder, salt and mix well.
• Simmer on medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Add fresh coconut mix well.
• Adding coconut is optional. You can skip it if you don’t want.
• Heat up ghee in a tadka pan.
• Add cinnamon sticks, dry red chilies and mix well.
• Transfer this tadka on dal and mix well.
• Dalma is all ready.
• You can have dalma as it is as soup.
• It goes fantastic with rice.