Ingredients: cup chana dal, 1/2 cup coconut - cut into small pieces, 1 tablespoon ghee, 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon sugar, salt - as per taste, 1 tablespoon ghee, 2 dry red chilies, 3 cloves , 1 inch cinnamon, 1 bay leaf, 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, 2 green chillies - cut into two lengths, 1 inch ginger - peeled and grated, Vegetarian diet
Instructions: To make Bengali style Cholar dal, first wash and soak chana dal for an hour. Now make soaked chana dal with 2-1 / 2 cups of water. Watch this video to know how to cook lentils. Heat ghee in a pan on medium heat. Now cook the coconut pieces till they turn light brown. Turn off the gas and keep the coconut pieces in a bowl on one side. Once the lentils are cooked, take them out in a saucepan. Mix turmeric powder, salt and sugar with lentils. Allow the lentils to cook on low heat until the lentils turn sour and soak the water. While the lentils are cooking, prepare for tempering. For tempering, heat ghee in a small pan. Now add cumin seeds and after tempering add dry red chillies, cloves, cinnamon, green chillies and grated ginger and let it cook till the aroma comes out. Now turn off the gas. Now add the tempering to the boiled lentils with the fried coconut. Mix well and boil for 1 to 2 minutes and turn off the gas. Serve Bengali style Cholar dal with garam garam puri and phulka.