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Thikri Ki DalAdded On: Saturday, July 25, 2009 | In Indian Recipes Rated by 1 users
 - Cooking time: 50 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Difficulty Level: Easy
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Ingredients1. 300 gm red split lentils (mansur ki dal dhuli) 2. ½ tablespoon red chilli powder 3. ¼ tablespoon turmeric powder 4. 1 large onion, cut into half horizontally and then finely sliced vertically 5. A few sprigs of green coriander, coarsely chopped 6. 4 green chillies, hand broken in large pieces 7. Juice of 1-2 lemons 8. 4 tablespoons ghee 9. salt to taste ProcedureFor baghar:- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 25 curry leaves; ¼ teaspoon fenugreek seeds; 8-10 cloves of garlic, peeled; 4-5 whole red chillies; 6-8 tablespoons ghee; two 3” to 4” broken pieces from a new earthen pot.
Method :-
- Boil the lentils with 5 glasses of water with salt, red chilli powder and turmeric. When half-cooked, add one tablespoon ghee. When the lentils are cooked, mash.
- Heat the cooked lentils. Separately heat 2-3 tablespoons of ghee and fry the onions golden. Add to the lentils. Also add green chillies and coriander. Cook for 5 minutes over low heat.
- For baghar, heat 3 tablespoons ghee. Add cumin seeds, whole red chillies, garlic and last of all, fenu- greek seeds and curry leaves. When the red chillies darken, pour the baghar into the lentils. Cover immediately.
- Wash the pieces of earthen pot. Heat on burning charcoal or gas till red. Put them in the lentils as a second baghar and cover immediately.
- Squeeze some lemon juice before serving.
Tags: Indian
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