I don't know where my day goes nowadays. I don't find enough time to post more regularly. Friends are beginning to comment, requests are piling up, so are the recipes and pictures. Here is a recipe that has been waiting it's turn for a year.
When my mother-in-law was here last year, she brought a bunch of Tamil food magazines. In one of them was this apple dal recipe. I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out when we made this for the first time. But it was such a simple recipe and the slight tart and sweet taste of apples really enhanced the lentils. It really captured the fall :)
Ingredients:
1-2 green apple (choose slightly tart ones)
1 cup cooked toor dal
1 medium onion - chopped
2 green chilies
1/2 tspoon red chilli powder
1/2 tspoon cumin seed powder
1/2 tspoon coriander seed powder
pinch of asaefotida
1/2 tspoon lemon juice
2-3 curry leaves
bunch of cilantro - chopped to garnish
Method:
1 cup cooked toor dal
1 medium onion - chopped
2 green chilies
1/2 tspoon each of mustard & cumin seeds
1/2 tspoon turmeric powder1/2 tspoon red chilli powder
1/2 tspoon cumin seed powder
1/2 tspoon coriander seed powder
pinch of asaefotida
1/2 tspoon lemon juice
2-3 curry leaves
bunch of cilantro - chopped to garnish
Method:
Peel and dice the apples into medium cubes and mix it with lemon juice. Set it aside for 10-15 mins. Heat oil and temper it with asafoetida, mustard and cumin seeds. Then add in the green chiles, curry leaves and the onions.
Add the turmeric, cumin, coriander, and red chilli powder. Then add in the apples and let it simmer for 4-5 minutes. Then add in the toor dal, 1 - 1 1/2 cup water and let it cook till the apples turns soft.
Garnish with cilantro and serve warm with rice.
Add the turmeric, cumin, coriander, and red chilli powder. Then add in the apples and let it simmer for 4-5 minutes. Then add in the toor dal, 1 - 1 1/2 cup water and let it cook till the apples turns soft.
Garnish with cilantro and serve warm with rice.
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apple dal sounds very interesting..nice idea to use green apples...looks very delicious mandira
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea Mandira! I can imagine the different kind of tartness and the apple's flavour in the dal. :-)
ReplyDeleteI would have never thought the two ingridients together at all.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea and dal looks yumm.
Very delicious and prefect dish to make out those sour green apples, looks yumm!
ReplyDeleteKind a like making mango dal. This looks delicious and a bit different from the regular dal.
ReplyDeleteAh, this is something very very different. At least I got a new way of preparing lentils, I was fed up with the same old onion sauted dal :).
ReplyDeletegreat way to infuse the tartness of apples in a simple dal..love this recipe!
ReplyDeleteDifferent fruity dhal and I am wondering How the apple hold the shape !
ReplyDeleteMandira, that looks delish, got plenty of apples lying around, will make this for dinner.
ReplyDeleteThis is a totally new recipe. This is the apple season, perfect
ReplyDeletewhere can I find turmeric powder? If I don't find with what can I replace it?
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quite unusual but sounds interesting. it looks really nice i guess anekta amader tak daal er moto.
ReplyDeleteFantastic combo! unusual one!
ReplyDeleteApple dal sounds so creative! I make mango dal during summer. I like to infuse fruits in a spicy dish.
ReplyDeleteI have had mangoes in Dal, not apples... Nice new idea...
ReplyDeleteLooks yum as usual.
Dal with apple.Sounds interesting.Will give a try .New comer here .Do visit http://padhuskitchen.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteThanks Sushma, Sharmila, Happy Cook, Priya, ISG, Sudeshna, SuperChef, Cham, Sunita, Sandeepa, Mi, Sayatani, Parita, Kumudha, HCOF, Padhu . As you can see in the pics, the apple pieces held their shapes, but were mushy.
ReplyDeleteEta anekta taker daler moto, but with more sweet notes. Try koro!
Apple dal...... sounds interesting...will try it soon...you have nice collection of recipes.... visit my blog also
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