Pakistani Shahi Daal and Tarka

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 200 -250 g lentils (1 1/2cups)
• 3 tablespoons tamarind paste
• 1 medium onion (sliced)
• 4 green chilies (whole)
• curry leaf (few)
• 2 tablespoons national shahi daal mixed spice
• 4 red chilies (whole)
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed (whole)
• 4 -6 curry leaves
• 1/2 cup oil or 1/2 cup ghee

Recipe

• 1 Soak tamarind in 1 1/2 cup of warm water.
• 2 Wash Daal and boil it with onion in 2 1/2 cups of water.
• 3 When Daal is tender, add Shahi Daal Spice Mix and blend thoroughly with a wooden spoon or in a blender.
• 4 Add tamarind juice, curry leaves and green chillies and cook.
• 5 When green chillies are tender daal is cooked.
• 6 For TARKA (Sizzle).
• 7 Heat oil/ghee and fry all he tarka ingredients until reddish brown.
• 8 Add to Daal.