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Egg Tadka

A delectable Indian dish called Egg tadka or Anda tadka. Made as a rich and flavourful dish from Lentil stew (Dal) and scrambled eggs with classic indian tempering of spices.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 6 portion
Author Subhasmita

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker
  • pan

Ingredients

  • cup chana dal
  • cups moong dal whole green
  • ¼ cup dal Tuvar/Arhar (optional)
  • ¼ cup rajma (red kidney beans)
  • ¼ cup urad dal whole
  • 1 tej bay leaf patta/
  • cinnamon small stick of
  • 1 onion large
  • 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 2 tomatoes medium
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • to taste salt
  • 2 tsps kasuri methi dry
  • 2 - 3 green chillies chopped or cut lengthwise
  • ½ tbsp ginger juliennes(thin long strips of )
  • coriander leaves fresh
  • 3 - 4 eggs

Instructions

  • Soak whole green moong dal, rajma overnight or at least 6 hours.
  • Soak chana dal and urad dal for one hour.
  • In a pressure cooker add tuvar dal and rest of the dal. Add pinch of turmeric, tej patta,cinnamon stick. Cook till done.
  • In a big pan add 2 tbsp oil. Let it heat. Add chopped onion.Fry till light brown in colour.
  • Add ginger garlic paste. Fry till raw smell goes off.
  • Add chopped tomatoes. Cook till tomatoes are done and cooked through.
  • Add cumin powder,coriander powder, turmeric powder and chilli powder. Fry till the oil starts to separate from onion tomato mixture.
  • Add cooked dal. Add garam masala. Add water as per the consistency needed. Bring everything to a boil.
  • Just before switching off the gas crush kasuri methi in between your both the palms,sprinkle over dal. Stir in julienned ginger and chopped green chillies.
  • Switch off the gas and keep aside.
  • In another pan heat 1 tbsp oil. In a bowl crack 3-4 eggs . season with salt and . add to the pan. let it cook for a minute. then scramble the eggs and break any bigger pieces. (As the dal already contains spices I keep scrambled egg simple).You can customize this as per you preference too).
  • Add scrambled egg on top of dal before serving. Garnish with chopped coriander leave.

Notes

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