How to Prepare Delicious Hyderabadi Khatti Dal (Sour Lentils)

Hyderabadi Khatti Dal (Sour Lentils). This Hyderabadi khatti dal is a popular lentil recipe made from split pigeon peas or arhar dal. The word 'khatti' translates to 'sour' in english. So the Exact translation of 'Khatti dal' will be 'sour lentils'. although the dal has sour taste but it is delicious and thats why I am posting it on the blog.

South Indians prefer eating dals in their day to day life. Dal is basically a dish which is made with lentils of. Hyderabadi Khatti Dal is a delicious tangy dal preparation tempered with curry leaves, mustard seeds, cumin, dry red chilies and garlic having balanced flavour of Although we have used Toor dal, you can use even Masoor dal (red lentils) for making this Khatti dal. You can cook Hyderabadi Khatti Dal (Sour Lentils) using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Hyderabadi Khatti Dal (Sour Lentils)

1. You need for of Daal--.
2. You need 1 cup of arhar or tuvar daal.
3. Prepare 1 of chopped tomato.
4. You need 1 teaspoon of grated ginger.
5. Prepare 3-4 of grated garlic pieces.
6. Prepare 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
8. You need 1 tablespoon of tamarind paste.
9. It's 1 teaspoon of coriander powder.
10. You need 1 teaspoon of red chili powder.
11. It's 3 cups of water.
12. Prepare For of tempering--.
13. It's 1 tablespoon of Ghee.
14. You need 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds.
15. It's 5-6 of finely chopped garlic.
16. It's 1 of whole red chili.
17. You need some of curry leaves.

Recipes >> Shireen Anwar Recipes > Hyderabadi Sour Lentil (Hyderabadi Khatti Daal) by Shireen Anwar. Delicious tangy daal is a well-popular dish of hyderabadi cuisine, Serve hot with plain boiled rice and kachomar salad and enjoy this simple and tasty meal. Indian culinary expert Madhur Jaffrey experienced a version of this tarka—a combination of fried spices and aromatics stirred into a soupy dal—while visiting the South Indian city of Hyderabad. It is soured with tamarind and seasoned with curry leaves and.

Hyderabadi Khatti Dal (Sour Lentils) instructions

1. Wash, Rinse Daal and put in a cooker, add chopped tomatoes, crushed or grated garlic and ginger..
2. Add salt, turmeric powder,water and pressure cook the dal for 4-5 whistles or more till the lentils are cooked and mushy..
3. Mix tamarind paste with little water and red chili powder. Open the cooker and mash the dal with the help of spatula. now add tamarind paste, little more Turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt according to your taste and cook till the raw smell of spices gone..
4. Once the dal is cooked. Heat ghee. Add mustard seeds or cumin seeds. I like mustard seeds so I used that. Let them crackle then add chopped garlic. and at last red chili and curry leaves..
5. Pour the tempering over daal and cover for 5 minutes at least for the flavours to mingle properly with Daal. Serve with Roti or Rice..

Khatti Dal is one of simple lentil based sour and spicy tasting dal delicacy mostly made in Hyderabad. This Khatti dal is often served with hot bowl of steamed white rice along with any chicken fry or mutton fry or kheema fry or prawns fry or potato or any vegetable fry. Well this Khatti dal is basically Hyderabadi version of good old tomato dal. It is made with toor dal or pigeon pea lentils. These are available in Indian or most Asian groceries or The literal translation of Khatti is sour.