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Dal Chawal By Chef Ajay Chopra
Also known as - Dal Rice
Dal Chawal is the staple food of every Indian family. Chef Ajay Chopra shares his recipe of dal along with aloo sabzi.
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INGREDIENTS
For Rice
1 cup rice
1 ¾ cup water
2 - 3 tbsp ghee
1 tsp salt
For Tadka
2 - 3 tbsp ghee
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 - 3 kashmiri red chillies
For Dal
1 bowl Arhar Dal (soaked)
2 tbsp ghee
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp jeera
1 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped garlic
1/2 cup chopped tomato
2 - 3 green chillies (chopped)
1/4 cup chopped ginger
1 cup fresh coriander (chopped)
1 tbsp lemon juice
For Aloo Sabzi
4 - 5 boiled potatoes cut into thick pieces
2 - 3 tbsp ghee
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp haldi powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp aamchur powder
salt to taste
fresh coriander
PREPARATION
- Soak a cup of rice for a good 30 minutes.
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- In a pan boil water, add salt and ghee.
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- Put the soaked rice in the pan and leave it to cook.
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- Let the rice simmer for about 18 to 20 minutes.
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- Remove from heat. Allow the rice to steam in the pot for another 5 minutes.
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- In a pan heat ghee, add a spoon of jeera haldi powder, garam masala and aamchur powder.
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- Add chopped boiled potato and fresh chopped coriander and toss in the masala. Add salt as needed.
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- In a pan boil water, add arhar dal, salt, haldi and let it cook for a good 30 minutes.
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- In another pan, add ghee, jeera, chopped garlic, chopped onion and let it cook.
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- Add dry masalas- haldi, red chilli powder, dhaniya powder. Add chopped tomatoes to this and allow it to cook well.
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- Now pour the boiled arhar dal in the tadka and add chopped ginger,chopped green chillies,chopped coriander and a dash of lemon juice.
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- For final tadka; in hot ghee, add jeera, red chilli powder, dried red chillies and pour it over the dal just before serving.
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- Serve a Hot plate of dal chawal and aloo ki sabzi.
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