Ingredients
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Instructions
Cooking Steps
Step 1: To make Bengali style Cholar dal, first wash and soak chana dal for an hour
Step 2: Now make soaked chana dal with 2-1 / 2 cups of water
Step 3: Watch this video to know how to cook lentils
Step 4: Heat ghee in a pan on medium heat
Step 5: Now cook the coconut pieces till they turn light brown
Step 6: Turn off the gas and keep the coconut pieces in a bowl on one side
Step 7: Once the lentils are cooked, take them out in a saucepan
Step 8: Mix turmeric powder, salt and sugar with lentils
Step 9: Allow the lentils to cook on low heat until the lentils turn sour and soak the water
Step 10: While the lentils are cooking, prepare for tempering
Step 11: For tempering, heat ghee in a small pan
Step 12: Now add cumin seeds and after tempering add dry red chillies, cloves, cinnamon, green chillies and grated ginger and let it cook till the aroma comes out
Step 13: Now turn off the gas
Step 14: Now add the tempering to the boiled lentils with the fried coconut
Step 15: Mix well and boil for 1 to 2 minutes and turn off the gas
Step 16: Serve Bengali style Cholar dal with garam garam puri and phulka