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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

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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

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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

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Serve the meal with a dollop of ghee 

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