Dali Recipe

Dali is a word used by the Konkani community for Dal. It is made with or without the addition of ginger. I have already posted a traditional Dalithoy, so posting Dali here which is flavoured with ginger and drizzled with lemon juice.

Ingredients :

250gms toor dal/pigeon peas
5 green chillies slit
1 dry red chilly broken
2 inch piece of ginger
3 sprigs curry leaves
A pinch of Hing/asafoetida
Salt
2 tbsps ghee
1tbsp jeera/cumin
A pinch of haldi /turmeric
Juice of one lemon.
Coriander leaves

Method :
Pressure cook the pigeon peas to three whistles. Churn it and add the slit green chillies, ginger, hing and salt. Boil well. Heat 2 tbsps ghee. Add a tbsp of jeera and after it splutters add the broken red chilly and a pinch of hing powder to it. Add the curry leaves. Toss and drop into the boiling dal. Switch off and garnish with coriander leaves. Allow the flavours to infuse for a few minutes. Add lemon juice just before serving.