Recipe

Dal Chawal

Recipes/Dal Chawal

The ultimate comfort meal of hot dal over fluffy steamed rice

Prep

5 min

Cook

20 min

Serves

4

Level

easy

Ingredients

  • 1 cup toor dal
  • 2 cups basmati rice
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • Curry leaves
  • Pinch of hing
  • 3 tbsp ghee
  • Salt and turmeric

Method

  1. 1

    Cook toor dal with turmeric until soft and creamy.

  2. 2

    Cook basmati rice separately until each grain is fluffy.

  3. 3

    Heat ghee, add cumin, garlic, curry leaves and hing for tempering.

  4. 4

    Pour tempering into the dal and stir.

  5. 5

    Plate rice and pour hot dal generously over it.

  6. 6

    Top with a spoon of ghee and serve with papad and pickle.