Durga Puja Special
Bengali Style Cholar Dal Recipe
Producer: Priyanka Das
Editor: Manuj Yadav | September 29 , 2025
This Durga Puja, bring the spirit of the festival to your kitchen with a burst of flavours that celebrate tradition and togetherness from The Tastes of India Audible India podcast.
Ingredients
Chana dal: 1 cup, soaked and washed
Coconut: 1 tbsp, chopped
Coconut: 1 tbsp, thinly sliced
Raisins: 1 tbsp optional
Green cardamom: 3
Cinnamon stick: 2 inch
Bay leaves: 2 to 3
Ginger: 2 tsp, grated
Green chilli: 2-3 slit
Cumin seeds: 2 tsp
Dry whole red chilli: 2-3
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Mustard oil: ½ tbsp
Ghee: ½ tbsp
Sugar: 1 tsp
Salt: to taste
Add dal, some salt and turmeric water to a pressure cooker and cook the dal until it gets soaked. Ensure that the dal does not become mushy.
Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the coconut slices and chopped coconut until golden brown. Drain this and keep it aside.
In the same pan, add ghee and the remaining mustard oil. Add crushed cinnamon and cardamom to this.
Once you get a nice aroma, add the bay leaf, cumin seeds and whole dry red chillies and let it splatter.
Add grated ginger and green chillies to the mix. Saute the same and slowly pour the dal to this. Simmer the dal on low flame for about 10 minutes, while stirring in between.
Add raisins to the dal, sprinkle salt and sugar. Add fried coconut in the end and give it a nice mix. Serve this hot with Bengali puri, kachori, rice or luchi.
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