This Drumstick Dal recipe is the way my mom makes it. I would always love the flavor and taste of Drumsticks in the Dal rather than plain dal. Whenever I go to the market, I always make sure to buy drumsticks so that I could add it to the dal recipe or sambhar recipe that I make.
Notes:
- I have added the drumsticks right in the beginning. If you have very tender drumsticks, you could add them after the 2-3 whistles. The drumsticks which I had were not very tender, so they got cooked correctly.
- Sometimes if you pressure cook the drumstick, they get over cooked and they loose shape. Thus they get mixed in the dal. It does not appear nice and while eating too the drumsticks seeds pop in your mouth. So use common sense while cooking any recipe with drumsticks.
- I have used tuvar -arhar dal with the drumsticks as the taste of the two combine very well with each other. But you can experiment with moong or chana dal.
- Cooking dal for 4 whistles was right for me. The cooking time for dal or anything depends upon your pressure cooker – i.e how many litres of pressure cooker you use. The smaller ones like 2 or 3 litres….. the dal won’t cook in 4 whistles. May be you have to cook for 5-6 whistles or more.
- I had soaked the dal. Thus the cooking time of the dal is reduced. If you don’t soak it than you will have to increase the cooking time. It is advisable not to add drumsticks in the beginning if you don’t soak the dal.
- The cooking time of drumsticks and dal differs. For the time taken for the unsoaked dal to cook, the drumsticks will get overcooked and become mushy. To avoid this, pressure cook the dal for few whistles and then add the drumsticks. Pressure cook again for a few whistles or you can also cook in a open pan.
- Also, I have added one sprig of curry leaves to the dal when its being cooked in the pressure cooker. This is to impart the fragrant aroma and flavor of the curry leaves to the dal. Later in the tempering also, the curry leaves added again, add more to the aroma and flavor of the dal.
you might also love to check palak dal, dal fry, dal tadka, dal makhani and whole masoor dal.
drumstick dal recipe details below:
ingredients
- 2 drumsticks, cleaned, scraped and chopped into 2-2.5 inch pieces
- 1 cup arhar-tuvar dal
- 1 medium sized onion chopped
- 1 medium sized tomato chopped
- 1 sprig of curry leaves
- 1 small green chili chopped
- 4 garlic cloves chopped
- 1/2 inch ginger chopped
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp crushed kasoori methi – optional
- 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- a pinch of hing-asafoetida
- 1 sprig of curry leaves
- 1 tbsp ghee
- salt
- water
method:
- Clean ,wash and soak the arhar dal for 1 hour
- In a pressure cooker, add the soaked dal.
- Add all onions, tomatoes, drumsticks, curry leaves, green chili, ginger, garlic, turmeric powder,water, salt except kasoori methi to the soaked dal.
- Pressure cook the dal for 3-4 whistles till the dal is cooked. Once the all the pressure is released from the cooker naturally, open and now add crushed kasuri methi to the dal.
- In a pan, heat ghee.
- Add mustard seeds.
- When they start to pop, add the cumin seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves. Fry for some seconds. Do not burn.
- Pour the tadka immediately in the hot dal and cover the dal with a lid. This is so that the aroma and flavors from the tadka get infused in the dal.
- After a minute or two, serve the delicious drumstick dal with either rice or chapatis.
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thank u so much for this wonderful recipe…may the creator grant u best of both worlds thanks a lot….i ran short of arhar dal so added a little moong dal to make it 1 cup
thanks a lot fatemah.
it sounds very delicious.but think tomatoes wont mash properly in cooker
thanks jessica. tomatoes won’t get mashed in cooker unless you mash the cooked tomatoes in the dal with a spoon or ladle. the tomatoes will become soft and mushy and will still retain shape unless you overcook the dal.
its a very delicious food. i just like tuvar daal. i will tried this defenitely.
thanks suraksha. tuvar dal is a favorite of mine too.