Pahari Ras & Fried Dal
Pahari Ras & Fried Dal Recipe
Ingredients
equal amounts of whole urad dal, rajma,
whole chana dal (black chana), black eyed pea,
chori dal(gehat) (approximately 1/4th cup each)
soak all the dals overnight for quick cooking.
two table-spoons rice flour
(you can soak rice for an hour and grind it too)
pinch of turmeric powder
2/3 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
5 cloves
2 bay leaves
Method
Pressure cook all the dals with turmeric powder, coriander powder,
garam
masala, bay leaves salt till tender. Don't over cook the dals. Separate
the
lentils from the lentil soup with a sieve or rice constrainer.
Make a free flowing (very thin) paste of rice flour and add it to
the soup Pour
the soup in a skillet or kadhai and keep cooking it for several
boils on medium
heat.If the ras gets thick then add more water and boil.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil and add finely chopped garlic, one portion
of green
chillies, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon ticks and hing till the garlic
becomes
light brown and cloves begin to splutter .
Saute the ras with it . Eat it with boiled rice or take it as an
appetizer. Fried dal:
( Boiled lentils separated from their soup)Heat 2-3 tablespoons
of oil in a
frying pan and add onions to it.
Fry the onions till they become golden brown and then add tomatoes
to it
along with some salt and green chillies. Cook the tomatoes till
they lose their
water and then add the dals to it and mix well.
cinnamon sticks
(6 1/2 inch pieces)
oil
salt to taste
finely chopped garlic(1 tsp)
half bulb of finely chopped onion
half tomato finely chopped
pinch of hing(asafoetida)
3 chopped green chillies
(divide the chopped
chillies into 2 portions)
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