Bengali Style Cholar Dal Recipe - Bengali Style Cholar Dal (Recipe In Hindi)
A vegetarian Bengali Recipes recipe with chana dal, coconut - cut into small pieces, ghee. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated byAnanya Chatterjee🇮🇳
Instructions
16 steps- 1
To make Bengali style Cholar dal, first wash and soak chana dal for an hour
chana dal(1 cup) - 2
Now make soaked chana dal with 2-1 / 2 cups of water
chana dal(1 cup) - 3
Watch this video to know how to cook lentils
- 4
Heat ghee in a pan on medium heat
ghee(1 tablespoon)ghee(1 tablespoon) - 5
Now cook the coconut pieces till they turn light brown
coconut - cut into small pieces(1/2 cup) - 6
Turn off the gas and keep the coconut pieces in a bowl on one side
coconut - cut into small pieces(1/2 cup) - 7
Once the lentils are cooked, take them out in a saucepan
- 8
Mix turmeric powder, salt and sugar with lentils
turmeric powder(1 teaspoon)sugar(1 teaspoon)salt - as per taste - 9
Allow the lentils to cook on low heat until the lentils turn sour and soak the water
- 10
While the lentils are cooking, prepare for tempering
- 11
For tempering, heat ghee in a small pan
coconut - cut into small pieces(1/2 cup)ghee(1 tablespoon)ghee(1 tablespoon) - 12
Now add cumin seeds and after tempering add dry red chillies, cloves, cinnamon, green chillies and grated ginger and let it cook till the aroma comes out
cloves(3)inch cinnamon(1)cumin seeds(1/2 teaspoon)green chillies - cut into two lengths(2)inch ginger - peeled and grated(1) - 13
Now turn off the gas
- 14
Now add the tempering to the boiled lentils with the fried coconut
coconut - cut into small pieces(1/2 cup) - 15
Mix well and boil for 1 to 2 minutes and turn off the gas
- 16
Serve Bengali style Cholar dal with garam garam puri and phulka
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Bengali Style Cholar Dal Recipe - Bengali Style Cholar Dal (Recipe In Hindi)
A vegetarian Bengali Recipes recipe with chana dal, coconut - cut into small pieces, ghee. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated byAnanya Chatterjee🇮🇳
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Directions
16 steps- 1
To make Bengali style Cholar dal, first wash and soak chana dal for an hour
chana dal(1 cup) - 2
Now make soaked chana dal with 2-1 / 2 cups of water
chana dal(1 cup) - 3
Watch this video to know how to cook lentils
- 4
Heat ghee in a pan on medium heat
ghee(1 tablespoon)ghee(1 tablespoon) - 5
Now cook the coconut pieces till they turn light brown
coconut - cut into small pieces(1/2 cup) - 6
Turn off the gas and keep the coconut pieces in a bowl on one side
coconut - cut into small pieces(1/2 cup) - 7
Once the lentils are cooked, take them out in a saucepan
- 8
Mix turmeric powder, salt and sugar with lentils
turmeric powder(1 teaspoon)sugar(1 teaspoon)salt - as per taste - 9
Allow the lentils to cook on low heat until the lentils turn sour and soak the water
- 10
While the lentils are cooking, prepare for tempering
- 11
For tempering, heat ghee in a small pan
coconut - cut into small pieces(1/2 cup)ghee(1 tablespoon)ghee(1 tablespoon) - 12
Now add cumin seeds and after tempering add dry red chillies, cloves, cinnamon, green chillies and grated ginger and let it cook till the aroma comes out
cloves(3)inch cinnamon(1)cumin seeds(1/2 teaspoon)green chillies - cut into two lengths(2)inch ginger - peeled and grated(1) - 13
Now turn off the gas
- 14
Now add the tempering to the boiled lentils with the fried coconut
coconut - cut into small pieces(1/2 cup) - 15
Mix well and boil for 1 to 2 minutes and turn off the gas
- 16
Serve Bengali style Cholar dal with garam garam puri and phulka
Rate this recipe
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