Bengali Cholar Dal with Coconut | Narkel diye cholar dal
Bengali Cholar Dal with Coconut (Narkel diye Cholar dal) is a traditional Bengali dish. This warm and mellow sweet-savoury cholar dal loaded with coconuts and raisins is bursting with flavours and is amazingly delicious. Perfect Bengali festive dish when paired with phulko luchi.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- pressure cooker
- small pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup Chana dal (Bengal gram dal) washed and soaked 7-8 hours or over night
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/4 cup Coconut pieces
- Salt as per taste
- 2 tbsp Raisins
- 2 tsp Sugar
Cholar dal Tempering
- 2-3 Dried red chilli
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1 inch Cinnamom
- 5-6 Green Cardamom
- 6-7 Cloves
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1/4 tsp Hing
- 2 tbsp Ghee
Instructions
- In a pressure cooker add the soaked chana dal along with 2 cup water and salt and pressure cook for 2 whistles. The chana dal should be soft but not mushy. It should still retain the shape. The dal will be thick at this point.
- Add the turmeric powder and 1 cup of water and bring it to a slow boil.
- Meanwhile in a small pan heat 1 tsp on medium heat of ghee and fry the coconut pieces until golden brown. Take it off the heat.
- In the same pan add the rest of the ghee and temper it with bay leaves, dried red chilli, cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves, cumin seeds and hing.
- Tip in the tempered ghee to the chana dal and mix well.
- Add the fried coconut pieces and raisins along with 2 tsp of sugar/sweetener to the dal and give it a mix. Check the seasoning add salt or sugar if required.
- Take it off the heat and serve it with garam garam luchi/puri.
