Steps to Make Ultimate Lentil Ball Gravy

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, lentil ball gravy. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lentil Ball Gravy is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Lentil Ball Gravy is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lentil ball gravy using 30 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil Ball Gravy:

1. Take Lentil Balls:
2. Get 1 . Toor Dal - 1/2 cup (Wash and soak for 30 minutes)
3. Make ready 2 . Dry red chilli - 4
4. Get 3 . Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
5. Take 4 . Curry leaves - 5 to 6
6. Prepare 5 . Salt - as needed
7. Get 6 . Onion - 1/4 cup chopped
8. Get 7 . Coconut grated - 1 tbsp (Optional)
9. Take For Gravy:
10. Make ready 1 . Tamarind - 1 lemon size (soak in warm water for 15 to 20 minutes)
11. Get 2 . Turmeric - 1 tsp
12. Get 3 . Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
13. Prepare 4 . Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
14. Take 5 . Salt - as needed
15. Make ready 6 . Coriander leaves - for garnish
16. Prepare To Grind :
17. Get 1 . Coconut - 1/3 cup grated
18. Take 2 . Fennel - 1 tsp
19. Take 3 . Cumin - 1/2 tsp
20. Make ready 4 . Shallot onion - 1
21. Get 5 . Water - 1/4 cup
22. Prepare To Temper:
23. Take 1 . Oil - 2 tbsp (preferred gingelly oil)
24. Make ready 2 . Tempering papad - 1 ball (optional)
25. Prepare 3 . Methi seeds - 3/4 tsp
26. Prepare 4 . Curry leaves - few
27. Make ready 5 . Shallots - 5 cut into cubes
28. Get 6 . Tomato - 1 chopped finely
29. Make ready 7 . Mustard - 1/2 tsp
30. Make ready 8 . Garlic - 10 sliced

Instructions to make Lentil Ball Gravy:

1. To prepare lentil balls grind the soaked toor dal with red chilli, curry leaves,fennel seeds and salt to coarse paste. Don't pour the dal soaked water. Keep this for late use.
2. Add chopped onion, grated coconut to this. Mix thoroughly and make it into small balls and keep aside. - For this proportions it gives around 10 balls.
3. Heat gingelly oil in kadai add mustard seeds, tempering papad, methi seeds and curry leaves. Let the mustard to temper. Once done add shallots and garlic. Saute until garlic changes to light golden colour.
4. Add chopped tomatoes to this and cook until it turns mushy.
5. Now add chilli powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder with some salt. Saute a bit.
6. Squeeze the tamarind water and add this. Add the soaked dal water with this. Add another cup of water to this. Close with lid and cook in high flame for 8 to 10 minutes.
7. Meanwhile grind coconut with fennel seeds and cumin seeds to nice paste.
8. Add this to the boiling gravy and let it cook another 5 minutes in medium flame.
9. This is the time to add the lentil balls. Add slowly one by one. Don't pour everything at one time. Don't stir the balls, it may get break. Let it cook until balls started to float on the top. If you are not sure you can steam the lentil balls before adding in steamer or idli maker.
10. Adjust the salt and switch off the flame once the balls starts floating. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with steamed rice.

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