Dal fry & Jeera rice

My Bhabhi ( Brother in law's wife) is a fantastic cook.  She makes both north and south indian dishes with perfection. She gave me this recipe of dal fry. It is very easy to make dish. Dal fry tastes great with fulka/roti. But the best combination is jeera rice and dal fry.

Ingredients for Dal Fry:
1/2 cup toor dal
1 big onion finely chopped
1 big tomato finely chopped
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp jeera powder
1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
1 tsp dhania powder
coriander leaves finely chopped
3-4 tsp ghee
Salt

Method:

1. Pressure cook toor dal with turmeric. Beat cooked dal. Dal should not be too much watery to get nice thick consistency.
2. Heat 3 tsp ghee in kadhai. Add half of jeera.
3. When jeera splutters add onion and ginger garlic paste.
4. Fry till onion turns golden than add tomato.
5. When tomato becomes soft add jeera powder,dhania powder, red chilli powder, salt.
6. Fry for a minute. Remove this mixture in separate bowl.
7. In the same kadhai add 1 tsp ghee. Add remaining half of jeera.
8. Add little red chilli powder just for the color.
9. Add tomato-onion masala separated earlier.
10. Add dal and let it simmer for few minutes.
11. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Ingredients for jeera rice:
1 cup rice
2 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
1 bay leaf
2 cloves
2 tsp ghee
salt

Method:

1. Soak rice in water for half an hour.
2. Heat ghee in cooker.
3. Add cloves,bay leaf and jeera.
4. When jeera splutters add rice. Fry for a minute then add water and salt.
5. Pressure cook rice for one whistle.

This is my entry to Variety Rice Recipes event.



Preparation time : 30 minutes