Basically, I belong to Bhubaneswar and it is considered as city of temple. In Bhubaneswar 99% people don’t eat non veg and onion garlic on Monday and Thursday. Since Lingaraj temple is in Bhubaneswar and Monday is day of Lord Shiva. That is why in each and every home you will find this dish.
Orissa’s entire big temple also serves this as Prasad. This is also a very health recipe with lots of protein and vitamins since it is cooked with a dal and lots of variety vegetables.
So here is the recipe:
Dalamma
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25-30 minutes
Serving: 4-6 persons
Ingredients
Red Gram Dal (Toor Dal)-2 cup (Washed and soaked for ½ an hour)
Salt-to taste
Tej Patta-1
Grated ginger-1 tsp
Turmeric Powder-1 tsp
Vegetables
Brinjal-1 (Cut in big pieces nearly 3”-4” inch)
Red pumpkin-1/2 cup (Cut in big pieces 2”-3”inch)
Potato-2 (Cut in Big pieces 2”-3”inch)
Other vegetables-2 cup (Cut in big pieces like flat beans,Tindala,cluster beans, french beans, carrot etc- 1”-2”inch)
Green Banana-1(Cut in big pieces) this is optional
Dalamma masala
Dry Red Chilies-5-6
Cumin seed-4tsp
Black pepper-1tsp
For Seasoning
Ghee-1tsp
Mustard seed-1 tsp
Fenugreek seed-1/2 tsp
Cumin Seed-1/2 tsp
Red Dry Chilies-2
For Garnish
Coriander leaves
Grated Coconut-1/4 cup Optional
Method:
• Take a wide mouth pan and put the soaked red gram dal in this.
• Put in medium flame and allow it to boil.
• Cook the dal till it is half cooked.
• Then add all vegetables into dal, except egg plant, along with turmeric powder, tej patta and salt.
• When the dal and vegetables get cooked then add egg plant and grated ginger
• Cook for 2-3 minutes or till egg plant get tender.
• Remove it from flame.
• Now it is turn for masala preparation, heat another frying pan and put dry red chilies cumin seed and black pepper in this.
• Dry roast all this till cumin seeds change its color.
• Remove it from flame and allow it to get cool down.
• Grind this powder granular in mixer.
• Add this powder to dal.
• For seasoning. In a pan heat ghee and add all seasoning items into it.
• Allow mustard seed to crack.
• Then put this seasoning on the top of dal.
• Garnish it with grated coconut and coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with rice or roti.
TIPS
• Cooking toor dal in open pan will take little longer time. So if you want to make this dish faster you can use pressure cooker. In that case you have to cook dal first in cooker till it is half cooked.Then add all the vegetables and cook till vegetables are cooked.
• If you want to make this dal little less spicy then you can reduce pepper and chilies quantity in masala.
• If you are giving this dal to your toddler one then I would recommend you not to add egg plant in this since egg plant is not recommended to kids less than 2 years.
• Putting green banana is optional in this recipe because if you are putting green banana in this the color of dish will be little black. That is why if you want the dal to maintain as yellow color you can avoid putting green banana in this.
24 comments:
Hello Subhashini
Great recipe so healthy and filling too .
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A wonderful recipe. Aromatic comfort food.
simple and delicious
Here in Bangalore there is a Oriya restaurant named Dalma and the dalma they serve there is out of this world. we go there again and again for the vegetarian thali. now will make this at home. bookmarked.
lovely and tempting recipe
that looks wonderful and what a complete looking dish, dal and veggies in the same one :)
new recipe to me..looks very tempting....
We've had this from friends who belong to Bnswr; enough with rice!
How very delicious! Love the pumpkin and potato in it!
Dalamma looks delicious.
Very nice looking Dalamma. Must have tasted great as well.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Subhashini.. This is an interesting recipe dear..
Thanks for sharing this authentic regional recipe.
completely a new n healthy recipe..am def making it this week.
Wow...it sure is healthy and filling. I will surely try this at home.
totally different way of making dal..love those veggies in it..looks delicious..must try this version of dal...thanks for sharing this!
That looks wonderful and what a complete looking dish, dal and veggies in the same one :)
thats a new n interesting recipe subhashini..
Absolutely new and interesting dish for me. Looks delicious, spicy and tempting.
How very delicious! Love the pumpkin and potato in it, thanx for posting.
Such a delicious and a wholesome dish! Looks great!
That is looking so delicious! I'd love to try this out. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks for the great recipe. I will try this.
I just love DALAMMA, one of my fav dish. Thanks for the recipe.
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