How to make Ma Choliya di Dal - Cook Smart -
This flavourful dal is very popular especially among the Punjabis
This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel & has featured on Sanjeev Kapoor Kitchen.
Main Ingredients : Split black gram with skin (chilkewali urad dal) (छिलके वाली उड़द दाल), Split Bengal gram (chana dal) (चने की दाल)
Cuisine : Punjabi
Course : Dals and Kadhis
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Ma Choliya di Dal - Cook Smart Recipe Card
Punjabi food is wholesome and full of rustic flavour. The custom of cooking in community ovens or tandoors prevails in rural pockets even today. The cuisine is characterised by a profusion of dairy products in the form of malai, paneer and dahi. The dals are a speciality of this type of cuisine, made of whole pulses like black gram, green gram and Bengal gram. They are cooked on slow fire, often simmered for hours till they turn creamy and then flavoured with spices and rounded off with malai for that rich finish. The food is simply delicious.
The most unique thing about cooking in a tandoor is the smoky flavour that the food gets making it tastier. Moreover it is a healthy way of cooking since minimum fat is required and the food generally gets cooked in its own juices thus retaining its natural flavours. Besides it is not only easy to digest, it is also very hygienic. In conclusion one can safely say that it is through tandoori cooking that Indian cuisine first got globally acknowledged.
Prep Time : 4-5 hour
Cook time : 31-40 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Spicy
Ingredients for Ma Choliya di Dal - Cook Smart Recipe
Split black gram with skin (chilkewali urad dal) soaked 1/2 cup
Split Bengal gram (chana dal) soaked 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Green chillies
Medium onion 1
Medium tomato 1
Oil 4 tablespoons
Asafoetida 1/4 teaspoon
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Garlic chopped 2 teaspoons
Ginger chopped 2 teaspoons
Kashmiri red chilli powder 3/4 teaspoon
Milk 1 cup
Black peppercorns crushed 1/2 teaspoon
Ginger strips a few
Fresh coriander leaves 1 sprigs
Method
Step 1
Put split Bengal gram, split black gram, salt, turmeric powder and 2 cups water in a deep non-stick pan and let it come to a boil. Cover and cook.
Step 2
Chop green chillies roughly and add to the pan and continue to cook till the grams are soft.
Step 3
While the grams cook, finely chop onion and tomato.
Step 4
To make the tempering, heat oil in another non-stick pan, add asafoetida and cumin seeds and saute till cumin seeds change colour. Add onion and saute. Add garlic and ginger and saute till fragrant and golden.
Step 5
Add tomato and saute till pulpy. Add Kashmiri red chilli powder and mix.
Step 6
When the grams are cooked add the tempering to the grams and mix. Mash the grams with a hand blender.
Step 7
Add milk and mix and mash again with the blender.
Step 8
Add crushed black peppercorns and mix well.
Step 9
Pour into a serving bowl, garnish with gingers strips and coriander sprig and serve hot.
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