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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Srilankan Coconut Dal | Blog Hop Wednesday



Dal in any form is hubby dear’s favorite. He can have dal with rice or roti for days together. Even when we go out for lunch or dinner he never fails to order some variety of dal. His favorite being the simple Dal fry.  I too am ok with it, since making a simple dal is always a breeze. And paired with some spicy potato curry and rice it does make a scrumptious and filling meal on a lazy day when you are not in mood to cook something elaborate.  

So when I saw this recipe at Swetha’s space I wanted to try it out. The result was a creamy and tasty dal with a blend of aromatic flavors. We had it with rotis and the dal tasted very different from the usual ones.  And I see myself making this regularly in future. You can find the original recipe here.

Serves: 3 to 4

Ingredients

1.       Red Lentils - 1/2 cup
2.       Onions/shallots/Sambar Onions - chopped - 1 big
3.       Garlic - 1-2 small cloves
4.       Curry Leaves a few sprigs
5.       Green Chillies - slit 2
6.       Turmeric Powder- a pinch
7.       Fenugreek Seeds - 1/2 tsp
8.       Cumin seeds + Black Pepper crushed - 1 tsp
9.       Coconut Milk - ½ cup
10.   Lemon juice

Tempering 

1.       Vegetable Oil/Ghee
2.       Dried Red Chillies - 1-2 chopped
3.       Curry Leaves
4.       Onion finely chopped - 1-2 tbsp

Seasoning Spices

1.       Equal amounts of mustard, cumin and fennel seeds.


Method

Wash dal, and add chopped onions, garlic, slit green chilli, curry leaves, turmeric powder, freshly ground, cumin and black pepper powder, fenugreek seeds and required amount of water. Pressure cook this for 3 whistles. Once cooled, remove the dal and transfer it into a Kadai.

Place Kadai on heat, add coconut milk. (I used store bought and added ½ cup of thick coconut milk diluted with ½ cup water.) Add salt and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

Heat a small frying pan, add a teaspoon of oil/ghee.  Add the dried red chillies and curry leaves. Once they turn crisp add the chopped onions and fry till they turn brown.  Finally add the mustard, cumin and fennel and when they splutter pour it over the dal. Mix well. Squeeze a dash of lemon juice and mix well. ( I used ½ of a lemon)



Yummy and tasty dal is ready to be served with rotis or rice.

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40 comments:

  1. Coconut dal looks creamy and tasty...

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  2. yUmmm...Delicious & aromatic dal...
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  3. dal looks very inviting Kaveri. Glad you could join us.

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  4. It looks creamy and smooth! Makes a mild and filling meal!

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  5. Very interesting recipe, never heard of it before, looks lovely & I am definitely going to try it out :)

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  6. Nice variation from the regular dal ~ love the creamy texture n ingredients used!
    USMasala

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  7. Truly a variation in dal!!!! Thx for sharing

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  8. haven't heard of dal and coconut milk combination before. looks very nice, may be i should give this a try :)

    rajani

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  9. That sounds little different, but good one, I love coconut milk so, I am trying to imagine the taste in my mouth :)

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  10. kalakkal :) this coconut dal looks super yummy! this and potato roast - what say you :)

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  11. interesting dal, looks delicious dear..

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  12. sounds interesting and new to me...looks so creamy n delicious...

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  13. Coconut Dal is really new to me. Sure to try sometime. Good presentation :)

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  14. Dal with coconut milk is new to me. bookmarked it.

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  15. Unique and Delicious recipe,luks gr8!

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  16. Different flavour taste..looks yummy and surlped..

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  17. Coconut dhal looks yummy and delicious.Nice clicks

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  18. My husband is also a dal lover,gotta try this yummy dal.

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  19. New to me.looks and sounds yummy :)

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  20. dal looks awesome...delicious, creamy and very tempting..:)

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  21. Simly superb Dear...nice to know this recipe.

    Cheers,
    Uma

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  22. This is so so new to me! Wonderful recipe...

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  23. Plz stop by my blog as 3 awards r waiting for u...tc..enjoy..:)

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  24. Absolutely comforting and so so yummy :)

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  25. coconut dal is new to me kaveri- but I loved the recipe, gotta try it out for sure!

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  26. This is a new dish to me .Sounds so good

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  27. flavourful delicious creamy dal curry looks wonderful
    I usually avoid the lemon juice
    regards
    Akheela
    torviewtoronto and createwithmom

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  28. Very new to me.Different and flavorful Dal preparation Dear.Nice recipe collections U have.Luvd going thru it.Thanks for inspiring me everday.

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