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43 min — 20 min prep, 23 min cooking.

Cholar Dal

Name: Cholar Dal
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 23 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: West Bengal Indian
Ingredients: 2tbsp Coriander Leaves; 15g Coconut; 1tsp Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 0.5tsp Turmeric Powder; 30g Ghee; salt; 250g Chana Dal; 1tsp Cumin Seeds

Bengal gram dal cooked with coconut and raisins, flavored with ghee and bay leaf. Sweet Bengali dal for pujo.

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Time 43 min · Serves 3 · 424 kcal · Central Bengal, West Bengal

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)

Main

Coconut — 15 g (chopped)
Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 1 tsp (ground)
Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
Ghee — 30 g (whole)
salt (optional) (whole)
Chana Dal — 250 g (whole)

Tempering

Cumin Seeds — 1 tsp (whole)

Method

Rinse the chana dal and pressure-cook with turmeric and salt until just tender but not mushy.
Heat ghee in a pan and lightly fry the thin coconut slices until golden; remove and set aside.
In the same ghee temper cumin seeds, dried red chilli, bay leaf and a pinch of asafoetida (no onion or garlic).
Add grated ginger and the cooked dal; add sugar and a little water and simmer to a thick consistency.
Stir in the fried coconut and crushed cardamom-clove-cinnamon, simmer 2 minutes, and serve with luchi or rice.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Cholar Dal?: 424 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 43 min — 20 min prep, 23 min cooking.

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