Cholar Dal Recipe (Bengali Style Chana Dal)
Recipe to make tasty Cholar Dal easily at home. Simple ingredients, instructions, and equipment to prepare Bengali-style Chana Dal easily.
Equipment
- 1 Kadhai
- 1 Induction Cooktop
- 1 Mixer Grinder
Ingredients
- 250 g Bengal gram
- 50 g Mustard oil
- 1 pinch asafoetida
- grated coconut
- coconut cut into small pieces
- 6 green chillies
- 1 tsp Turmeric
- 2 dried chillies
- 4 bay leaves
- 3 small cardamoms
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 4 cloves
- ½ tsp Whole cumin
- Roasted spices cumin, small cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, dry chili grinded
- 1 tsp Ghee
Instructions
Wash the Cholar Dal
- Soak Bengal gram Dal in water for 2 hours.
- Wash the Dal well after 2 hours.
Pressure cook the Cholar Dal
- Boil dal, little ginger, two green chillies, one bay leaf, little salt and 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker for 4 whistles.
- Once cooked, let it cool.
Fry the coconut
- Now heat a small amount of oil in a pan.
- Add the grated coconut and fry these well until golden brown.
- Now add 2 dry chillies, 2 bay leaves, ½ teaspoon whole cumin seeds, a pinch of asafoetida, 3 small cardamoms, cinnamon and cloves to the oil.
- When the oil releases aroma, add ginger and green chili paste and stir all these for 5 seconds.
Add the Cholar Dal
- Now add the pulses or dal.
- Add Salt to taste, turmeric, pieces of coconut, 2 whole green chillies and a little sugar.
- Remember that Bengal gram prepared in Bengali style is a bit sweeter.
- Boil it for 5 to 10 minutes, spread ghee from the top.
- Now add the roasted and grinded spices and turn off the gas.