🌾 Ingredients
Dhal
- 1 cup of yellow split peas (dhal)
- 5-6 cups of water
- 1/4 cup of onion or shallot
- 1.5 Tbsp of Ginger-Garlic-Chili paste or freshly grate:
- 0.5 Tbsp Garlic
- 0.5 Tbsp Onion or Shallot
- 0.5 Tbsp Chili
- 1.5 tsp of Tumeric Powder
- 1 tsp of Black Pepper
- 1 tsp of Gheera (Cumin) Powder
- 2 tsp of Salt
- 0.5 Tbsp of ghee or oil of choice.
Tadka
- 3+ sliced cloves of Garlic
- 1 tsp of Gheera (Cumin) seeds
- 1 Tbsp of ghee or oil of choice
🔪 Kitchenware
- Pressure Cooker
Prep Time:
5
Cook Time:
45
🍽️ Instructions
Prepare
- Wash and filter your dhal.
- Finely grate ginger, garlic, and chili for pressure cooker.
- Finely cut onions.
- Finely slice garlic cloves and set aside with gheera seeds.
- Combine your dry ingredients.
- Add ghee or oil to your pressure cooker and chunkay saucepan.
- Boil two deli soup containers amount of water, roughly six cups approaching time to cook.
- Clean your workspace as you go on to the next stage.
Pressure Cook the Dhal
- Melt the ghee using the Saute button or similar feature, add your dry ingredients, and lightly cook the spices to fragrant, about 1 minute being mindful not to burn by turning the mixture.
- Add ginger-garlic-chili paste and onion, cook for at least a minute.
- Add dhal to the pot, toast with spiced paste for about a minute.
- Add boiling water, stir to incporporate all ingredients, pressure cook dhal until tender for at least 10 minutes or according to device settings (Instant Beans/Chili is 30 minutes).
- Depressurize by venting your device, open and stir with a whisk, immersion blender, or swizzle device to blend dhaal.
Prepare Tadka
- Heat up ghee in a saucepan and once melted, add gheera seeds.
- After 30 seconds, add sliced garlic,lightly swirl to cover and distribute ghee.l
- Once garlic begins to turn brown, carefully pour over dhaal and lightly stir.
Without Pressure Cooker
- Boil six cups of water and add dhal to skim off any initial foam within the first five minutes.
- Mix in dry ingredients, onion, and paste while skimming off foam.
- Cook until tender and blend.
Prepare Tadka
- Heat up ghee in a saucepan and once melted, add gheera seeds.
- After 30 seconds, add sliced garlic,lightly swirl to cover and distribute ghee.l
- Once garlic begins to turn brown, carefully pour over dhaal and lightly stir.
📦 Storage Instructions
Storage Container
- Store in a container for up to a week.
🤌 FAQs
Can I add more spices?
Yes! These are basic spices to make a homestyle dhal, but garam masala, coriander powder, ajwain all work.
