Methi Dal

About Methi Dal

Ingredients

• Split pigeon peas (tuvar dal), boiled 1 cup
• Fresh fenugreek leaves, chopped ½ cup
• Oil 1 tbsp
• Fenugreek seeds (methi dana) ½ tsp
• Mustard seeds ½ tsp
• Cumin seeds ½ tsp
• Green chillies, chopped 2
• Ginger-garlic paste 1 tsp
• Medium onion, chopped ½
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric powder ½ tsp
• Red chilli powder ½ tsp
• Medium tomato, chopped ½
• Asafoetida ¼ tsp
• Fresh coriander leaves, chopped 1 tbsp
• Ginger, cut into strips a few to garnish

How to Make Methi Dal (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Heat oil in a non-stick pan, add fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies, ginger-garlic paste and onion and saute till fragrant.
2. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and tomato. Mix and saute till tomato becomes pulpy.
3. Add pigeon peas, asafoetida and fenugreek leaves. Mix well and cook till fenugreek leaves are cooked.
4. Transfer into a serving bowl, garnish with coriander leaves and ginger strips and serve hot.

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

Reply

Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps