Dal Tadka (Low-oil Spiced Lentil Soup)
Golden Bean Melting Soup! The magic of last spice
Description
Low-fat bean soup indispensable to Indian dining tables, simmering Toor Dal (split peas) until gooey, finally swirling 'sizzle' spices (Tadka) whose aroma was drawn out in little oil.
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Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 100g Toor Dal (or lentils), 400ml water, 1/
- tsp turmeric, salt pinch, 1/
- minced tomato. <For Tadka (Tempering)>:
- tsp Ghee (or olive oil),
- tsp cumin seeds,
- minced garlic clove,
- dried red chili, asafoetida (Hing) pinch, cilantro.
- Put washed yellow Toor Dal (split peas), water, turmeric, salt in pot (or pressure cooker), boiling slowly soft until bean shapes crumble into gooey potage state.
- Where beans melt yielding sweetness, add minced tomatoes simmering briefly adding acidity.
- Here is Indian cuisine soul 'Tadka (Tempering)'. Heat '
- tsp Ghee (or quality oil)' reduced to limit for diet in small pan.
- Pop cumin seeds, add minced garlic, whole dried red chili, and digestion-aiding unique-scented asafoetida (Hing), frying until just before burning completely transferring aroma to oil.
- Into the boiled bean soup pot, instantly pour this piping hot spice oil 'Sizzzzzle!!' making tremendous sound, cover immediately trapping aroma in soup.
- Scatter cilantro to finish. Rustic gentle bean sweetness is tightened by intense spice aroma placed at end. Golden detox soup keeping oil minimal yet highly satisfying.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Cumin、Turmeric、Asafoetida(Hing)、Red chili
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Red lentils or boiled soybeans (crush/simmer as Toor Dal sub)
Pairing
Brown rice、Quinoa、Whole wheat Roti
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Dal' is beans, 'Tadka' is cooking method pouring spice oil at end. Indians eat this Dal almost necessarily daily. Exists like Japan's 'Miso Soup'. Beans themselves have almost zero fat, rich in plant protein/dietary fiber, so if you control oil (Ghee) amount yourself, it becomes an unparalleled excellent diet soup. Turmeric aids liver function, healing fatigued bodies.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Pour soup over 'brown rice' or 'quinoa' instead of white rice, mix gooey like porridge, slurping as ultimate recovery meal resting gastrointestinal tract!
Allergen
Soy (Lentils), Dairy (if using Ghee)