Tasty Tomato Dal Tadka - Comfort Food Under 30 mins.
Lentils cooked with Tomatoes and finished off with Hot Oil Tempering that usually consists of ghee, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves & dried red chilies
Equipment
- Insta Pot or Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
Tomato Dal Ingredients:
- 2 Cups Toor Dal
- 4 Cups Water
- 1 tsp. Turmeric
- 3 Large Tomatoes roughly Chopped
- 4 Garlic Pods Chopped
- Salt to Taste
- 2 1/2 tsp. Oil
Tadka Ingredients:
- 1/2 Tbsp. Oil
- 1 Tbsp. Ghee or Coconut Oil
- 1 tsp. Mustard Seeds
- 1 tsp. Cumin Seeds
- 2 Dried Red Chilies broken
- 1 Stalk Curry Leaves or 8-10 leaves
Instructions
- Wash your dal 2-3 times until it runs clear. Add it a pressure cooker or Insta Pot along with 5 Cups of water, turmeric, 1 tsp. salt & 1/2 tsp. oil. Pressure cook for 4 mins and let it cool down to release the pressure naturally. About 10-12 mins.
- In the meanwhile, take a pan and add 2 tsp. oil. Let it heat up for a min, next add the chopped garlic. Let the garlic slightly brown. Once it starts to brown, add the tomatoes, 1/2 tsp. salt and cook for 4-5 mins or until they they super soft and fully cooked.
- Once the lentils are done cooking in the pressure cooker. Remove the lid and change your Insta pot mode to Sauté and set the cooking time to 5 mins. Add the cooked tomatoes and mix. Let it continue to cook, adjust any salt at this time and add more as needed.
- In a separate pan, add ghee and the tempering ingredients one by one. Make sure to maintain some distance as this results in hot oil spluttering all over.
- Once done, add it to the dal and mix well. Remove the dal from cooking or cancel the Saute setting at this point.
- Serve with a side of rice or lentils. However, the best way to enjoy this amazing dish is with Rice. Add another 1/2 tsp. of ghee over hot rice and pour a good spoonful of dal and enjoy!
