Recipe: Perfect Besan Dal

Besan Dal. While besan is made from white chickpea lentils (chana dal or buta dali or chutney dal), sattu is made from roasted black chickpeas. It is a staple in Bihar. I will share the whole process of making sattu at home soon.

Besan is gluten-free flour used in the preparation of several sweet and savoury snacks including the world-famous laddoo! Besan is gram flour which is nothing but flour made from split & husked black chickpeas or chana dal. Gram flour is different from chickpea flour that is made with dried white chickpeas. You can cook Besan Dal using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Besan Dal

1. You need of Yellow Lentils(moong dal).
2. You need of Garlic.
3. You need of Turmeric Powder.
4. Prepare of Asafoetida.
5. Prepare of Gram Flour(Besan).
6. Prepare of For Tempering.
7. Prepare of Onion(medium, and chopped).
8. It's of Tomato.
9. Prepare of Oil.
10. Prepare of Curry Leaves.
11. Prepare of Cumin Seeds.
12. You need of Mustards Seeds.
13. You need of Red Chilli powder.
14. Prepare of Coriander Powder.
15. It's of Salt.
16. It's of Water.

Both have a different texture and flavor. Besan churma is a Rajasthani/Marwari dessert traditionally eaten along with the combination of dal and baati. The trio of dal baati churma is synonymous to Rajasthani food. If there is one dish that defines the food culture of Rajasthan, it has to be the classic trio.

Besan Dal step by step

1. Wash, and soak yellow lentils for 20 min. Now take in pressure cooker, add turmeric powder, crushed garlic, asafetida, salt. Add sufficient amount of water and cook for 4-5 whistle. Off the flame..
2. Now heat oil in a wok. Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds. As these start crackling,add curry leaves..
3. Now add chopped onion. Cook till golden brown..
4. Now add chopped tomato, cook till it becomes soft..
5. Now add gram flour, and cook 3-4min at low flame or till a get an aroma..
6. Now add spices and cook 1-2 min. Add some water and cook for min..
7. Now add cooked yellow lentils and salt. Mix well cook for 2-3min..
8. Now add chopped coriander leaves, jaggery and lemon juice. Mix well. Off the flame, besan dal is ready to serve..
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When black chickpeas are hulled and split, we get Chana Dal. This yellow lentil is also called Bengal Gram Dal. The lentil soup made from this gram dal is also called as Chana Dal. When raw or roasted Chana Dal is ground to a flour, it is called Besan or Gram flour. 'Chickpea flour', though a misnomer, is the accepted English name for Besan. Besan or gram flour is a flour of chana dal or split brown chickpeas.