hi I'm Romi go today I'm going to show you how to make an authentic Indian dish I'm going to show you how to make chana dal which is also called Tarka dal it's very very easy to make this is how the chana dal looks like when it's dried I've done here is soaked in cold water for about half an hour and make sure you rinse it thoroughly before you're going to start cooking in a deep tan we are going to boil it in hot water the temperature should be really high I'm going to add a little bit of salt and some turmeric and bring it to a really high temperature cover the pan with a lid let it come to a simmer and in a very very high heat and we're going to keep cooking for about 30 minutes on a dip on another hop we're going to make paste get 2 teaspoons of rapeseed oil you're going to put some mustard seeds and add the grated ginger and garlic first you're going to add the chillies and onions together this time add all of this mix it well with ginger and garlic we're going to add the tomatoes little bit of salt some garam masala and some coriander powder a little bit of red chili the redfish media chili gives you really nice warmth and it gives you a wonderful color so this is done it's going to remove from the heat and keep it aside while our dal is cooking that's our dal done now this is how it should look like that's the consistency we need and we're going to add the paste we've already done here that's it it's done just going to put in the serving bowl here goes very well with chapati rice everything can be like a soup as well really I'll put some fenugreek leads on the top is a dried one just to give you a nice flavor or you can add fresh coriander this is how you make chana dal