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    You are here: Home / Baby food recipes / Pepper Dal Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids | Winter Recipes

    Pepper Dal Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids | Winter Recipes

    last updated: Jan 21, 2020 by Kalyani

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    Pepper Dal MasalaRecipe

    Pepper dal - a comforting food for winters made with Indian lentils and tempered with freshly grounded pepper. Its a very easy recipe to make but yet tastes so delicious, addition of pepper make a simple dal tastes so different. Also adding pepper helps relieving cold symptoms and its one of the best food to offer during cold in children or even adults. Pepper dal goes well with jeera rice, Chapati or roti, even hot steamed plain rice.This pepper dal can be given to babies from 10 months and adjust spices according to your baby's preference.

    Now Let's get on to check how to make this pepper dal.Pepper Dal Masala Recipe

    Pepper Dal MasalaRecipe
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    Pepper Dal Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids

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    Pepper dal - Easy gravy with lentils, pepper and other spices. Best for cold and cough
    Course Lentils
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Total Time 30 minutes
    Calories
    Author Kalyani

    Ingredients

    • Toor dal - ½ cup
    • Water - 1.25 cups
    • Green chillies - 1
    • Big onion - 1 medium sized
    • Tomato - 2 medium sized
    • Garlic - 5
    • Asafoetida/Hing - ⅛ tsp
    • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
    • Coriander leaves - 1 tsp to garnish
    • Salt - as required

    To Dry Roast and Ground into powder

    • Black Pepper Corns - 1 tsp

    To Temper

    • Ghee/butter/oil- 1 tbsp
    • Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
    • Red chilies - 1
    • Curry leaves - 1 sprig

    Instructions

    • Dry roast 1 teaspoon of whole pepper in a small pan until nice aroma comes. Cool it down and grind in a blender/mixie to a coarse powder.
    • Chop onions, garlic, green chilies and tomatoes finely . Set aside. Wash toor dal thoroughly 2-3 times and soak it in water for 5 minutes.
    • Take the soaked toor dal in a pressure cooker, add 1.25 cups of water, chopped onions, tomatoes, green chilies, garlic,hing, turmeric powder and required salt. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and pressure cook it for 3 whistles in medium flame.
    • Once pressure released , open the cooker. Mash it slightly using a spoon.
    • Heat ghee in a pan and add cumming seeds. Fry it until cumin seeds cracks. Then add curry leaves, red chilies, freshly grounded black pepper powder and saute them for a minute. switch off the flame once done.
    • If the dal is watery, boil it in medium flame for 3 minutes or until it becomes thick. Dont boil it too much as cooking the dal too much, spoils its taste. Once the dal becomes slightly thick, add tempered items and give a quick stir. Switch off the flame once done and garnish with chopped coriander leaves

    Nutrition

    Serving: 3g
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    Pepper Dal Masala Recipes

    Preparation
     :
    1. Dry roast 1 teaspoon of whole black pepper in a small pan until nice aroma comes. Cool it down and grind in a blender/mixie to a coarse powder.
    Pepper Dal Masala Recipe Step 3
    2. Chop onions, garlic, green chilies and tomatoes finely . Set aside. Wash toor dal thoroughly 2-3 times and soak it in water for 5 minutes.
    Pepper Dal Masala Recipe Step 1

    Method:

    1. Take the soaked toor dal in a pressure cooker, add 1.25 cups of water, chopped onions, tomatoes, green chilies, garlic,hing, turmeric powder and required salt. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and pressure cook it for 3 whistles in medium flame.
    Pepper Dal Masala Recipe Step 4

    2. Once pressure released , open the cooker. Mash it slightly using a spoon. Pepper Dal Masala Recipe Step 5
    3. Heat ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds. Fry it until cumin seeds cracks. Then add curry leaves, red chilies, freshly grounded black pepper powder and saute them for a minute. Switch off the flame once done.
    Pepper Dal Masala Recipe Step 2
     4. If the dal is watery, boil it in medium flame for 3 minutes or until it becomes thick. Dont boil it too much as cooking the dal too much, spoils its taste. Once the dal becomes slightly thick, add tempered items and give a quick stir. Switch off the flame once done and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

    Pepper Dal Masala Recipe Step 6

    The tasty pepper dal is ready! Serve it with roti or even hot steamed rice.

    Pepper Dal Recipe

    Notes:
    • If you want the dal to be more spicy,add more pepper corns.
    • Instead of toor dal,yellow moong dal can be used.
    • Dont boil the too much after pressure cooking as cooking the dal too much, as its spoils  the taste.
    • Adjust spice levels according to your child's preference.

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