Trevti dal/ Three Lentil Dal
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2cups
 
Ingredients
  • Tuvar dal/pigeon pea lentils – ⅓ cup
  • Moong dal/split mung lentils – ⅓ cup
  • Chana dal/ Split Bengal gram lentils – ⅓ cup
  • Green chillies – 4, chopped roughly
  • Turmeric – 1 tsp
  • Salt – as needed (around 1 tbsp)
  • Water – 3 cups for pressure-cooking the lentils [For tempering]
  • Ghee /oil – 1 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds– ¼ tsp
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • Red chilli – 2, broken
  • Asafetida/hing – pinch
  • Tomato – 1, chopped finely
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Amchur powder – 1 tsp
  • Sugar – a pinch
  • Dry methi leaves – ½ tbsp, crushed
  • Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp finely chopped for garnish
  • Lemon – squeeze a little for garnish
Instructions
  1. Add washed tuvar dal,moong dal and chana dal, green chillies, turmeric and little salt in the pressure cooker with water.
  2. Pressure-cook the lentils for 8 whistles till you get a mashable smooth consistency.
  3. When it’s pressure-cooked, open the cooker and check if the consistency is ok. If not mash it, add little water and boil for two minutes. Or leave it.
  4. Heat ghee/oil in a pan. Ghee gives great flavors to dal but. Sometimes I use oil too. Temper it with mustard seeds and wait till it crackles. Then add cumin seeds,asafetida, red chillies till they change color. Now add chopped garlic, ginger and tomato. Sauté them till they are free from raw flavor and mushy.
  5. Switch off the flame, add red chilli powder, amchur powder, sugar and dry methi leaves. Stir and pour the entire tempering on the dal.
  6. Garnish with chopped coriander and squeeze lemon. Check for salt and serve this gujarati trevti dal tadka hot with steamed rice and a potato fry. You can also serve this with rotis/naan.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/trevti-dal-three-lentil-dal/