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Dal Namkeen or Crispy Fried pulses


Pulses are a very important part of Indian diet. It does have a lot of nutrition values to it too. 'Namkeen' which literally means salty snacks are some fried salty or rather tangy, tasty snacks found in almost every Indian household. Here, I have used split Chick pea to make this dal namkeen. It is crispy, tangy, spicy and absolutely yum! Another positive thing about this dish is that, you can keep it for a few days without a problem. Make a huger quantity of it and you can munch on it later on for a few days or even weeks. 









Ingredients:
Split Chick pea or channa dal: 3 cups (soaked over night) 
Oil: to fry

Seasoning:
Salt: to taste
Asafoetida powder: a pinch
Sugar: 1 table spoon
Pepper powder: 1/4rth Tsp
Coriander powder: 1/4rth Tsp
Red chilly powder: 1/4rth Tsp
Citrus crystals: a few 
Garam masala powder: 1/4rth Tsp
Jal jeera powder (optional):1/4rth Tsp
Chat masala: 1 tsp

Procedure:
In a grinder, put all the seasoning ingredients and run it for say a minute. Heat the oil for deep frying and slowly put in the soaked, drained split chick peas or chana dal for frying. Please be very careful as it is going to violently splat at the beginning. After a while you would notice all the dal floating on the oil, indicating it to be fried, remove it over to a cloth to absorb the excess oil. When done, place it into a deep vessel and pour in the powdered seasoning. Mix well and store it in a dry container. Serve when necessary. 

N.B-> You can substitute the split chick pea or channa dal with any other pulses as Tuvar dal (split pigeon pea), Moong dal( split Green gram), Bengal gram, Black gram, green gram (Moong ) etc.



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