You'll love this delicious Mixed Lentils and Suva Bhaji Daal with steamed rice or hot phulka roti. Easy to make, yet so comforting.
I love the layered flavour of this suva daal. The medley of lentils (yellow moong, red lentils and split bengal gram), and fresh dill leaves pair really well. The daal is also finished with a generous tempering of sliced garlic - adding even more warmth and complexity.
Daal is a staple for many Indians and it certainly is in our family too! My Mum often makes traditional daal recipes but we always love experimenting with different ingredients too! The idea for using dill here, probably leftover after making dill curry, stems from our garlic moong dal with carrot greens.
This daal comes together in no time at all. For a wholesome meal serve this daal with salad, rice and round and soft gujarati rotlis
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📖 Recipe
Suva Daal
Ingredients
- 400 gram mixed lentils yellow moong, red lentils, split bengal gram
- 250 gram dill suva bhaji
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 2-3 green chilli slit
- 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- 2 teaspoon ground cumin and coriander
- 1 small tomato chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon or lime juice
- pinch hing
Second tempering (optional)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 dried red chilli
- 2 cloves garlic thinly sliced
- pinch red chilli powder
Instructions
- Thoroughly wash the lentils. Soak for half an hour if you can, otherwise use directly in the recipe.
- Add the soaked lentils, water, salt and turmeric powder in a pressure cooker.
- Cook for 3-5 whistles. Let the pressure release naturally.
- Lightly mash cooked daal with the back of the ladle.
- In a heavy bottom pan or kadai heat oil and add cumin seeds.
- Once they splutter, add hing and onion.
- Once onion started getting pink, add garlic and ginger.
- Sauté the mixture for a couple of minutes then add slit green chillies.
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook until reduced, then add the spice powders.
- Once you see oil is separating, add the boiled daal and check the consistency. If it's too thick add a little water.
- Add salt and bring it to a boil, reduce heat and let it simmer for 10-12 minutes.
- Now add chopped dill leaves and cook further for a couple of minutes.
- Switch off the heat.
Second tempering
- Heat oil is a small pan then add dried red chilli and thinly chopped garlic. Sauté the garlic until lightly brown. Switch off the heat then add a pinch of red chilli powder. Immediately pour over the cooked daal.
- Squeeze over lemon juice and mix well. Serve hot.
Nutrition
PLEASE NOTE: Nutritional values are estimated by a computer and may vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. For personalised dietary advice, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.
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Chris says
LOVE lentils! We had yellow dal this past weekend cooked in tomato broth. Now I'm dying to try these. They look so hearty and delicious. Yum!
Unknown says
This is the most GORGEOUS dish I have seen all day... maybe all week! I LOVE lentils, but never thought to make them this way, with dill! I can't wait to try this!! 😉
End of the fork says
This is my kind of dish - lovely tasty flavours! I've just printed it to try tomorrow.
Beth says
I love all of the flavorful spices in this dish! Dill weed and dill seed are among my favorite!
Home & Plate says
I've never had daal but this dish looks full of flavor and I imagine I would eat the whole bowl 🙂
Ashley Blom says
Ok so, the soup looks incredible BUT I am absolutely in love with that soup bowl! It's so cute and handmade-looking... I want one.
Calleigh - TheForkBite says
This dish looks so delectable and the colors are just amazing. I never had a Daal but looking at your pictures made me drool already.
Mellissa Williams says
I bet this dish is really flavourful and filling too. I love all those delicious spices
Tina says
This dish looks AMAZING:) I love the colors and I can almost taste the dahl because of your gorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipes!
Dahn @savorthebest says
what a comforting dish yet so healthy. This is the kind of dish that just can't go wrong, filling, full of nutrition and delicious
Deanna Samaan says
I never had Daal. I never knew what was, but you photos wow!!! Now I want a huge portion of it! It looks yummy!!!!
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I absolutely love daal. This one looks so much fancier than my regular spinach and coconut daal. NICE! sharing this!
Dr. Elise Ho says
OMG, this looks amazing. I cannot wait to try it.
Sue/the view from great island says
You are my go-to source for Indian cooking, I'm obsessed with everything you make ~ gorgeous!
Unknown says
I love that rustic pot and i am sure this would taste good.