BM# 76: Week 4/ Day 2 Theme: Bookmarked Recipes Dish: Hyderabadi Khatti Dal
Today’s bookmarked recipe, Hyderabadi Khatti dal, is part of the Hyderabadi thali that I made couple of months back. This is a hearty and comforting dish that is easy to make and tastes great with rice or roti. Recipe is from Tarla Dalal‘s site. Both my kids love dal/ lentils and they can eat it almost every day. If I ever ask them what they want to eat for lunch, they’ll indefinitely say rice and dal. I happily oblige and make them what they want — little do they know that was on the menu to begin with 🙂 Well this Khatti dal is basically Hyderabadi version of good old tomato dal. It has a nice dose of tamarind and tomatoes giving the dish a yummy tanginess, hence the name ‘khatti’ dal. The sour flavor is balanced with the spices, ginger and garlic. It is just a delicious dish with tons of flavor.Though I am from Hyderabad, I have never tired this dish when I was in India. Thanks to blogging, I am trying out many dishes that are from my city but never got to try them before.
Hyderabadi Khatti Dal is a hearty and comforting dish that is great to serve with rice or roti. It has a nice dose of tamarind and tomatoes giving the dish a yummy tanginess, hence the name 'khatti' dal. The sour flavor is balanced with the spices, ginger and garlic. It is just a delicious dish with tons of flavor.
Hyderabadi Khatti Dal is a hearty and comforting dish that is great to serve with rice or roti. It has a nice dose of tamarind and tomatoes giving the dish a yummy tanginess, hence the name 'khatti' dal. The sour flavor is balanced with the spices, ginger and garlic. It is just a delicious dish with tons of flavor.
Combine soaked dal along with the tomatoes, garlic, ginger, turmeric and water in a pressure cooker. Mix well and cook for 4~6 whistles or until dal is very tender.
Once the pressure comes down, open the lid and whisk the dal until smooth. Add tamarind pulp, green chilies, ground coriander, red chili powder and salt. Mix well and cook on medium flame for 4~5 minutes.
Make Tempering:
Heat a small pan and melt ghee. Add all the tempering ingredients and once the seeds start to splutter, remove from heat and pour over the dal. Mix well. Serve hot with rice or rotis.
Both my kids love dal/ lentils and they can eat it almost every day. If I ever ask them what they want to eat for lunch, they’ll indefinitely say rice and dal. I happily oblige and make them what they want — little do they know that was on the menu to begin with 🙂
Well this Khatti dal is basically Hyderabadi version of good old tomato dal. It has a nice dose of tamarind and tomatoes giving the dish a yummy tanginess, hence the name ‘khatti’ dal. The sour flavor is balanced with the spices, ginger and garlic. It is just a delicious dish with tons of flavor.
Though I am from Hyderabad, I have never tired this dish when I was in India. Thanks to blogging, I am trying out many dishes that are from my city but never got to try them before. 
Lipsmacking here, Khatti dal is just irresistible and very tempting as well.
Love that spread , very well served and I love this Daal , though I had given it a twist when I made it . Awesome !
What a nicely put together tray of food. Everything looks lip smackingly good.
The dal sounds so yum with all the tamarind and tomatoes, and your spread looks super inviting..
That is one elaborate meal you have there Pavani! So good! And the dal sure sounds delicious.
True this is a comforting and hearty meal
Dhal sounds interesting and this is one such comforting food..
A comforting dal indeed. I love dal with a nice dose of tangy flavor. So this one is ideal for me !
Such a comfort food!!
this tangy dal must be delicious
lovely spread there, Pavani ! my eyes are drawn to the biryani too 🙂
Fantastic dal Pavani..and your spread is so inviting…
Very inviting looking dal. It looks super tempting.