Variations of Dal

Second reason why I love dal is cuz you can make so many variations. I am listing a few below. You can try them individually or you can mix it all up! For these variations, the basic dal recipe is what I follow. I can assure that the taste of every variation will be different

WITH SAMBAR POWDER/GARAM MASALA POWDER

Along with chilli powder, add sambar powder or garam masala powder as well into the basic dal. You can add this with any of the below variations.

WITH ONIONS:

1. Follow the basic dal recipe itself. Add finely chopped onions into the cooker or fry them in ghee along with the other garnish/tadka ingredients.

2. You can also beat the onions and tomato in a mixer. Fry this along with tadka and then pour the cooked dal. But this takes longer time.

WITH POTATOES, CARROTS & BEANS:

1. Peel and chop the carrots, beans, potatoes and add them into the cooker along with dal. You can also add onions with this.

WITH PALAK

1. Palak doesn't take time to cook. You can chop it and then fry it with tadka or add it into the cooker with dal. It adds a beautiful flavour by itself.

2. You can also beat the palak along with onions in the mixer and then add it into the cooker along with the dal. I don't add turmeric along with this because palak will anyway make this green.

WITH JAGGERY:

1. Exclude tomatoes from the Basic dal recipe. Add jaggery.

I assume that by now you would have got the drift. Dal is like making candles. Nothing can ever go wrong. Every mistake or experiment will turn out to be new and nice! But remember how to rectify them from the "Basic Dal" recipe.