A comforting recipe for Dal Chawal made with toor dal, tomatoes, garlic, and various spices, topped with a flavorful tadka of red chillies and garlic. Perfectly served with rice.
1: Wash the dal a few times and strain.
2: Pressure cook the dal along with tomato, garlic pod, turmeric, and salt with 2.5 cups of water and keep aside.
3: In oil, fry a pinch of asafoetida, 1 tsp cumin seeds, sliced garlic, chopped onion, and chopped tomato until soft.
4: Add 1 tsp chilli powder, 0.5 tsp garam masala, and 0.5 tsp coriander powder, and stir well.
5: Add the cooked dal and mix with the spices.
6: Stir in 2 cups of finely chopped spinach/palak.
7: For the tadka, heat oil or ghee and add 2-3 dry red chillies and 5-6 sliced garlic cloves.
8: Pour the hot tadka over the dal.
9: Serve hot with rice.
