Zulekha's Kitchen

Urad dal is very easy , simple and typically a desi cuisine, without much ado best for some one who loves Indian cuisines.... Though this urad daal is semi thick in consistency and is served with bajre ki rot o or phulkas topped with ghee ( clarified butter )  I make  U rad dal in two ways but here I am sharing one of them, will soon share the other way of cooking urad daal ( white). Urad daal is simply relished during winters with bajre ki roti, simply desi , easy to cook, tasty, delicioius and truly lip smacking.....I love this daal with bajre ki roti.....a must try Recipe...... INGREDIENTS:  2 cups of white urad dal ( Split Black Gram ) 2 - 3 tbsp chana daal ( Split Bengal Gram ) 1- 1 1/2 tsp red chilli flakes 3 - 4  green chillies 1 onion finely chopped 1/4 tsp turmeric powder  4 - 5 black pepper corns small piece of ginger finely chopped  salt  ghee ( clarified butter)  M...

Masala daal with lauki / lentils with bottle gourd is a spicy dish in which lentils are boiled and tossed in Indian spices with bottle gourd, its totally desi daal. You can serve this masala daal with pomfret fry or prawns fry or bombay ducks fry ( Bombay Duck Fry Recipe ) or with any of dry cuisine with accomplishments. You can serve masala daal and rice with fried chicken, drum sticks, shaami kebbabs...( Shaami Kebaab Recipe ) etc.... But yes this masala daal is simple incomplete without lemon wedges, yes trust me.....serve basmati tadka rice ( seasoned rice ) with masala daal and dudhi, and squeeze a good amount of lemon on your platter.....it tastes out of the world......yummmmm...! Infact you can serve with any kind of fried fish, depending upon your choice but I love this daal accompanied with the above mentioned fried ones. Though being a Muslim ( follower of Islam) I have been having it since childhood, I still remember that when ever we had any get tog...