Breaking in the new induction cooktop is an exciting endeavour if you are used to working with gas stoves. However, it is often daunting to pick the first dish to make with the apparatus, as cooking without the visual cue of the flames is definitely a novelty that takes getting used to.
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Therefore, starting off with simple, easy-to-make recipes that one is well familiar with allows us to focus on the technicalities of the instrument more than the method of cooking itself. The following recipes from celebrity chef and MasterChef India judge Kunal Kapur are just the occasion calls for, keeping the process breezy yet special enough for the new instrument.
1. Fluffy omelette
Ingredients (serves two):
For dal
- Masoor dal – 30gms/2.5tbsp
- Moong dal – 65 gms/5.5tbsp
- Toor dal – 100gms/ 8tbsp
- Water – 5 cups
- Salt – to taste
- Green chilli, chopped – 1
- Ginger, chopped – ½ tbsp
- Turmeric – ½ tsp
For tadka
- Ghee/oil – 1 tbsp
- Cumin (jeera) – 1 tsp
- Garlic, chopped – ½ tbsp
- Onion, chopped – 2 tbsp
- Green chilli, chopped – ½ no
- Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
- Tomato, chopped – 1/4 cup
- Salt – to taste
- Boiled dal – 3/4 cup
- A dash of water
Method of preparation:
- Mix all the 3 dals. Wash and soak them for 20 mins.
- Drain the water and add the dal in a deep pan along with 4 cups of water, 1/2 tsp salt, green chilly ginger chopped and turmeric.
- Boil the dal till it is tender and gets mushy. Remove and keep aside.
- For the tadka, heat a pan and add ghee.
- Sprinkle asafoetida and dry red chilli. Stir and add cumin.
- Once it crackles, add the boiled dal.
- Add a dash of water if the dal is very thick.
- Season with salt and finish with freshly chopped coriander.
- Squeeze in a lemon and remove the dal from the heat and serve.
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