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    Weekday lunch combo - Dal, potato fry, thokku

    December 2, 2022 By Vidya Srinivasan Leave a Comment

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    Weekday lunch combo- Spinach dal, potato fry,thokku

    Meal preparation

    To chop

    • Small onion, tomato, spinach, and garlic  for spinach dal
    • Roughly chop potatoes for potato fry
    • Peel Small onion for thokku

    TO SAUTE

    • Temper mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds. Saute Small onions in sesame oil till they change color. Add tamarind and cool

    TO GRIND

    • Pulse, sauteed ingredients for onion thokku

    Cook

    • Cook rice
    • Toor dal, moong dal, masoor dal  with water, turmeric powder, and green chilli for spinach dal
    • Potatoes for potato fry


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    spinach dal

    • Saute onion and garlic till onion turns translucent 
    • Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, and salt; mix well
    • Furthermore, Add spinach and mix well
    • add sugar and green chilli; saute for around 2 minutes or till tomatoes slightly turn mushy
    • Furthermore, add cooked dal, water, ginger powder, and salt; mix well and boil for 5 minutes
    • turn off the stove
    • In a small tadka pan add ghee and when the ghee is hot add mustard seeds, and cumin seeds; let them splutter
    • Turn off the stove and add asafoetida and Kashmiri red chilli powder; give a quick mix
    • Transfer the tadka to the pappu and turn on the stove
    • Cook for 4 minutes; mix well in between
    • Finally, add sesame oil and turn off the stove

    Check out other KOOTU RECIPE COLLECTION, KUZHAMBU RECIPE COLLECTION, and DAL RECIPES

    Potato fry

    • After the pressure is released naturally, strain the potatoes in a colander and run cold water
    • Peel the potato and roughly chop them
    • Do tempering and saute potato on low flame

    Check out potato-based recipes, Brinjal based recipes,  poriyal recipes in TMF, and varuval recipes in TMF 

    ONION THOKKU

    • Do tempering and add chilli powder; mix well
    • saute ground onion, salt and oil; cook till thokku turns thick
    • Add jaggery mix well and sesame oil; cook till oil oozes out

    Check out other pickle varieties of your choice

    Serve the meal with a dollop of ghee 

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