Indian Vegetarian Recipes

South Indian dal tadka recipe

South Indian dal tadka recipe | No onion no garlic recipe – Easy South Indian dal recipe, without onion and garlic – Recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures.

Chapati was a rare dish at home during my childhood. Amma used to make this yellow dal without onion and garlic. Those days, we didn’t prefer dal; we asked for vegetable kurma. But over the years, when I started cooking independently, I developed a liking for this simple South Indian dal tadka.

The secret ingredient, the star ingredient in this recipe is lemon juice. Amma used to cook the dal in an open pot, the traditional soapstone vessel, kalchatti in Tamil. The dish made on a soapstone vessel had its unique taste. On festivals and other days when you do not eat onion or garlic, you can make this simple dal tadka. Amma adds potato in this dal, but you can skip it or add carrots.

Dal tadka is one of the staple foods in Indian cuisine. It is a very comfort food. Usually, we add masala powders, onion, and garlic. I love the dal with onion and garlic, but this one is very comforting too.

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South Indian dal tadka

No onion no garlic South Indian dal recipe

Course Main Course

Cuisine South Indian

Keyword no onion garlic recipes, side dish for roti

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Total Time 35

Servings

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

½ cup yellow moong dal | paasi paruppu
¾ cup water to cook the dal
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 green chili
1 tsp grated ginger
3 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
½ tsp asafoetida
1 tomato
½ potato cut into small cubes
1 tsp sambar powder
Salt as needed
Coriander leaves few
2 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

Add ½ cup moong dal in a vessel and wash it well.
Add ¾ cup water, green chili, ginger and turmeric powder.
Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles and keep it aside.
Add 3 tsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
Once they start to crackle add asafoetida and curry leaves.
Add 1 finely chopped tomato and saute for a minute
Add ½ potato cut into small cubes. You can add carrots also instead of potato.
Mix well
Add the sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt.
Mix well and add 1 cup of water
Let this boil.
Allow the potato to cook, and let it become soft. This will get cooked in 8-10 minutes.
Now add the cooked dal to this.
Add water to adjust the consistency.
Mix well and boil for 2 minutes.
Switch off.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Add 2 tsp lemon juice now and mix well.
Serve with hot chapathi

Video

Notes

• You can skip the sambar powder and add red chili powder or add 2-3 extra green chilis

• Lemon juice is the main ingredient, so do not skip it.

• No onion no garlic South Indian dal tadka pairs well with rice and roti.

Add ½ cup moong dal to a vessel and wash it well.
Add ¾ cup water, green chili, ginger, and turmeric powder.

Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles and keep it aside.

Add 3 tsp oil to a pan and add mustard seeds.
Once they start to crackle add asafoetida and curry leaves.
Add 1 finely chopped tomato and saute for a minute.

Add ½ potato cut into small cubes. You can add carrots also instead of potatoes.
Mix well
Add the sambar powder, turmeric powder, and salt.

Mix well and add 1 cup of water
Let this boil.
Allow the potato to cook, and let it become soft.

Now add the cooked dal to this.

Add water to adjust the consistency.
Mix well and boil for 2 minutes.

Switch off.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Add 2 tsp lemon juice now and mix well.

Serve with hot chapathi.

You can skip the sambar powder and add red chili powder or add 2-3 extra green chilis
Lemon juice is the main ingredient, so do not skip it.
No onion no garlic South Indian dal tadka pairs well with rice and roti.

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Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Corn and spinach sandwich

Corn and spinach sandwich, Spinach corn sandwich- No onion no garlic sandwich recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures.

Sandwich comes super handy when we run out of idli dosa batter. My family loves sandwiches, and I have posted many recipes in Jeyashris kitchen. This one is a no onion no garlic sandwich recipe made using the winning combo of spinach and corn, also I have added capsicum to enhance the taste.

You can make this easy sandwich recipe, with the ingredients available at home. As we are not using onion or garlic, chopping reduces significantly. The filling is like a thicker version of the white sauce we make for pasta. If you want to add garlic you can add while sauting the corn and making the sauce too.

Corn and spinach sandwich can be served for breakfast, packed for kid’s lunch box, or served as an evening snack. Even you can make this for a quick weeknight dinner along with a soup.

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Corn spinach sandwich recipe

No onion no garlic corn spinach sandwich recipe

Course Main Course, Snack

Cuisine Global, Indian

Keyword no onion garlic recipes, sandwich recipes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Total Time 40

Servings

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

8 slices bread
½ cup frozen sweet corn
½ cup spinach finely chopped
3 tbsp capsicum finely chopped
Salt as needed
Red chili flakes to taste
½ tsp pepper powder
Oregano flakes to taste
2 tsp maida or jowar flour
3 tsp butter + butter to toast the sandwich
½ cup milk use raw milk or boiled and cooled milk
¼ cup grated cheese mozarella cheese

Instructions

In a pan add 1 tsp of butter and add the frozen corn. If using fresh corn, cook this well and then take out the corn kernels and then add.
Saute for a minute and add add ½ cup finely chopped spinach
Saute for a minute and add salt.
Now add 3 tbsp of finely chopped capsicum
Saute for a minute.
Add red chili flakes, pepper powder, oregano flakes and mix well.
Keep this aside.
Add 1 tsp butter to the pan and add 2 tsp plain flour |maida. You can add jowar flour also.
Saute in low flame for a minute.
Now add ½ cup milk, you can add raw milk or boiled and cooled milk. Oat milk can also be added.
Mix well without lumps
Let this thicken, cook on a low flame.
Now add the corn spinach mixture.
Mix well and switch off
Add ¼ cup grated cheese
Filling is ready for the sandwich.
Add butter on a tawa and place a bread on it.
Spread the corn cheese mixture.
Cover with another slice.
Cook on both sides
Take out, cut and serve.

Video

Notes

Notes:
1. Instead of oregano and red chili flakes you can add finely chopped green chili and chaat masala.

2. You can skip the step of adding the maida white sauce too. Just cook the corn and spinach and add the grated cheese and go ahead.

3. No onion no garlic Corn spinach sandwich is a perfect breakfast or evening snack

In a pan add 1 tsp of butter and add the frozen corn. If using fresh corn, cook this well and then take out the corn kernels and then add.
Saute for a minute and add ½ cup finely chopped spinach
Saute for a minute and add salt.

Now add 3 tbsp of finely chopped capsicum
Saute for a minute.
Add red chili flakes, pepper powder, oregano flakes and mix well.
Keep this aside.

Add 1 tsp butter to the pan and add 2 tsp plain flour |maida. You can add jowar flour also.
Saute in low flame for a minute.

Now add ½ cup milk, you can add raw milk or boiled and cooled milk. Oat milk can also be added.
Mix well without lumps.

Let this thicken, and cook on a low flame.
Now add the corn spinach mixture.
Mix well and switch off.

Add ¼ cup grated cheese and mix well
The filling is ready for the sandwich.

Add butter on a tawa and place a bread on it.
Spread the corn cheese mixture.

Cover with another slice.
Cook on both sides.

Take out, cut and serve.

Notes:
Instead of oregano and red chili flakes you can add finely chopped green chili and chaat masala too.
You can skip the step of adding the maida white sauce too. Just cook the corn and spinach and add the grated cheese and go ahead.
No onion no garlic Corn spinach sandwich is a perfect breakfast or evening snack.

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