Dalma is the special dish of Odisha. It is tasty and prepared regularly by Oriya households. The item requires few ingredients which is easily available at any part of the world. For its preparation just follow these easy steps.
Ingradients
- Moong (lentil) or Arhar (toor) dal - 100 gm
- Potato - 25 gm (one medium or bigger size)
- brinjal - 200 gm
- Pumpkin (Kadu Or Papaya) - 150 gm
- Papaya - 150 gm
- Beans - 100 gm
- Coconut grate - 50 gm
- Tomato - 2 medium sized
- Grated ginger - 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
- Oil - 1 tbsp (Mustard oil preferred)
- Bay leaf - 1
- Red Chilli - 1
- Coriander seed - 1/2 tsp
- Asafoetida (Hingu)
- Cummin - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
Process
Grind roasted Cummin and roasted red whole chilli and keep the powder ready.
First properly clean the vegetables first. Cut the vegetable to pieces of average 1 inch size. The Brinjal and pumpkin size can be bigger as it boils early.
If it is yellow lentil, then first roast it. Then clean with water the roasted lentil after little cooling. If you have taken toor dal then it is not required to roast, just clean with water.
Boil the lentil dal in pressure cooker with water. Take it out after one whistle and let it cool.
Mix the vegetable with half boiled lentl/toor dal and again put in the cooker. Let it cook for one more whistle. Take it out of stove and let it slightly cool.
Keep one Pan on the stove. Add oil and add bay leaf when the oil is hot. Next add cummin Red Chilli and onion one by one. Next add ginger and garlic when the masala in the pan is reddish brown. Also add a pinch of Asafoetida (hingu).
Wait for 2 to 3 minutes and add lentil/toor dal and vegetable to boil. Then add the already prepared powder of roasted cummin and roasted red whole chilli. Then stir a little and take it out of the oven. Let it cool a little and serve hot.
You can take it with Roti(Bread) or rice. But Dalma with steamed Rice, fish curry and potato chutni(Chokha) is a nice combination (Odiya style).
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