Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Ultimate Dalma (traditional lentils and vegetables curry from Orissa)

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook dalma (traditional lentils and vegetables curry from orissa) using 27 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Dalma (traditional lentils and vegetables curry from Orissa):

1. Take 200 gms arhar/toor (Split pigeon peas)
2. Prepare 3-4 parwal (pointed gourd)cubed
3. Take 1/2 cup cubed brinjal
4. Take 1 raw banana cubed
5. Prepare 1 ridge gourd cubed
6. Make ready 1/2 cup cubed pumpkin
7. Make ready 1/4 th cup cubed radish
8. Make ready 1 small potato cubed
9. Prepare 1 tomato chopped
10. Take 2 dry red chillies
11. Prepare 2 tbsp scraped coconut
12. Prepare 1 tsp grated ginger
13. Get 2 tbsp ghee
14. Prepare 1/2 tsp turmeric
15. Make ready 1 tsp ginger paste
16. Take 1/2 tsp paanch phoron (5 spice mix)
17. Get 1 pinch hing (asafoetida)
18. Get To taste salt and sugar
19. Prepare Dry roasted and ground:
20. Make ready 2 tsp cumin
21. Make ready 2 dry red chillies
22. Make ready 3 bay leaves
23. Make ready 4-5 cardamoms
24. Make ready 2 cloves
25. Prepare 3-4 peppercorns
26. Make ready 1 tbsp chopped coriander
27. Take 4-5 cups water approximately

Instructions to make Dalma (traditional lentils and vegetables curry from Orissa):

1. Wash and soak arhar dal for 1 hour.Meanwhile dry roast cumin,cardamoms,cloves,cinnamon,bay leaves,dry red chillies and black peppercorns.Grind to a fine powder and store in a container.Cube vegetables and set aside.Boil arhar dal with 1/2 tsp turmeric,little salt, 1 chopped tomato,2 dry red chillies,1 tsp ghee and 2 cups water in a pressure cooker.Give 2 boils and release steam.
2. Add chopped vegetables and pressure cook 1 whistle.Set aside for 5 minutes and release steam.Now temper the dal.Heat ghee in a pan.Add paanch phoron like mustard,cumin,fennel,kalonji and fenugreek.Sprinkle hing.Pour the cooked dal and vegetables over it.Add grated ginger,ginger paste,scraped coconut.Add some more water and salt and sugar to taste.Give it a boil.Add 1 tsp dry roasted powder and garnish with scraped coconut and chopped coriander.Sprinkle ghee and serve with rice.

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