Healthy

Dalma

Name: Dalma
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour

Time to cook

1 hour

Difficulty

Easy

Serves

A nutritious Odia dish combining split chick peas & veggies like raw papaya, potatoes seasoned with mustard seeds and spices.

Ingredients

Potatoes

1 small

Raw Papaya, Unriped

1 cup

Roasted Chana Dal - Split Lentils

0.5 cup

Turmeric

1 pinch

Water

1 cup

Fresh Ginger

1 tsp

Red Chilli Pepper

1 chilli

Mustard Oil

1 tbsp

Bay Leaf

1 leaf

Panch Phoran

1 tsp

Cumin Seeds

1 tsp

Onion Raw

3 tbsp

Fresh Ginger

1 tsp

Picador Chillies

1 chilli

Turmeric

1 pinch

Red Chilli Powder

1 pinch

Coriander Powder

1 pinch

Salt

1 pinch

Lemon Raw

0.5 Lemon

Step-by-step instructions to cook

Prep

Chop raw papaya, ginger, and potatoes, and soak split chickpeas.

Cooking

Pressure cook chopped raw papaya, potatoes, soaked split chickpeas, turmeric powder, salt, smashed ginger, and whole red chilies with a little water until one whistle.

In a pan, heat mustard oil and add bay leaf, paanch poran, cumin seeds (jeera), julienne onion, chopped ginger, and split whole green chilies. Mix well.

Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, salt, and lime juice. Stir thoroughly.

Transfer the cooked dal to the pan. Allow them to simmer together for 35-40 minutes. Serve hot.