Easy Dal Fry With Dhaba Style Trick (Instant Pot, Stove Top, Pressure Cooker)
Easy dal fry with dhaba style trick/option. Make it in an Instant Pot, pressure cooker or stovetop. It is a thick, hearty dal that is tempered / has tadka with big, delicious flavors of garlic, onions, tomatoes and spices. Serve it with some basmati rice or jeera rice and you are set for dinner!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 152kcal
Equipment
- Instant Pot or
- Pressure cooker or
- Pot
Ingredients
- 1 cup toor dal 180g
- 3-4 cloves garlic 15g crushed
- 1 tbsp ginger crushed
- ¼ cup onions chopped, 50g
- ¼ cup crushed tomatoes
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cumin coriander powder dhana jeeru 1/2 cumin powder, 1/2 coriander powder
- ½ tsp red chilli powder lal mirch
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp turmeric
Tadka
- 2 tsp ghee or oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp asafatida hing
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 3 pieces cloves
- 3-4 cinnamon sticks
- ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
Instructions
Instant Pot
- Press Saute. Add oil and let warm up 3-4 minutes. Add mustard seeds. Let sizzle. Add asafetida. Add cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds. Then cloves and broken cinnamon sticks.2 tsp ghee or oil, ½ tsp mustard seeds, ½ tsp asafatida, ½ tsp cumin seeds, 3 pieces cloves, 3-4 cinnamon sticks, ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
- Add garlic, onions then ginger.
- Add curry leaves.
- Add dal and spices.
- Add water
- Press Pressure Cook and increase time to 8 minutes. Let cook then do manual release.
- Dal is ready
- Serve with rice and onions. Optionally top with cilantro.
Pressure Cooker
Notes
Dal fry tastes great with jeera rice
Nutrition
Calories: 152kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 635mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 2mg