This is the closest any foreigner can get to being an Indian. Choice of red onion portrays your perfection. The dish is 100.0000% authentic. Love from India!

Andy is my favourite cook for three reasons. 1. No BS recipes. 2. A great sense of humor. 3. Nice dude vibes!

Hey @andy - my family of Indian origin tried the smoking method last night. My mum & dad born and raised in India, 65+ years... Around the dinner table we all were in shock and agreed "this is the best yellow dhaal we've ever had". Kudos to you, my mum is an incredible chef, we are a family of foodies who are actually very good cooks! But this was stunning! Lots of love and respect ❤🙏

Hey Chef, Just a tip: Always wash your lentils well, till the water runs clear. Soaking the lentils for an hour, works wonders to help em cook faster! Also, let your cooker depressurise naturally. I love watching your videos. Love, from India!

Finally people are eating something other than butter chicken or biryani

Thank you for existing Andy

100% authentic. You deserve an honorary citizenship from India. ❤. Traditionally we would wash the lentils 2-3 times (until the water runs clear)

Pressure cooker is great, for those that do not have it, get the tallest pot and fill it less than 1/3. That way bubbles will create a decent seal before it overflows. Allows for 96-105C. Another option is to cook legumes ahead of time in an oven using 1/2 filled thick jars (120C). Do not go open the oven until it cools off below 90C - shrapnel can fly out as it cools. This is why canned beans are called baked beans :)

Thanks for exposing us to all these international dishes. I really appreciate it chef! Food can break a lot of barriers. Cheers!

When making naan, brush a little water on one side and place that side down on the pan. This helps it stick and prevents it from falling off when you flip the pan. This method works most of the time. Love your sense of humor and authentic food recipes! Keep up the great work!

Hey..I know u r a pro but a tip to make naan stick to pan is to give a touch of water to the base of naan before starting cooking. Love ur videos ❤

My dad's been gone for 30years next month and i can still say with supreme confidence that i have yet to eat a dal tadka better than the one he used to make. I will have to make this and see how it stands up.

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You're making the world a smaller place. Big flashbacks to my Nepal trip. Thanks mate 👍

I am from Maharashtra, a state located in western part of India, our cuisine is mostly unknown to the west, we have a very diverse cuisine and it changes from region to region across the state. Here we make this daal in a very simple way without any tadka but just add some green chillies and a dollop of ghee on top, it's the staple here. we make spicy version of daal with homemade black masala called as "goda masala" and use kokam fruit to add sourness and cococunt and jaggery are also added. I hope Andy explores maharashtrian delicacies as it's largely unexplored.

I usually have Dal with rice, my mum's recipe was soo sooo delicious

What I appreciate most, Andy, us that you try to give measurements, but point out/use a true cook's "measurements ", dab of this, dollop of that...best way to cook!

Thanks, growing up in the States I only ever knew of red and brown lentils and there was no Indian food (still really isn't much where I am, LOTS of Thai restaurants but no Indian). With the last few years being, well, the last few years, the local Costco had a ton of different bags of vacuum packed Dal, more types of lentils and split peas then I'd ever imagined. I think they just got them because they were having problems getting the normal beans and rice we are used to. So now I have a bunch of different types of Dal and I'm trying to find recipes for it. I'll give this one a try, everything of yours I've tried has been great.

Adding fried small dried chillies until they go black gives tarka daal and amazing flavour and heat

Greetings from Bangalore, India. As a south indian dal tadka and Naan are not part of our traditional cuisine. It is from North India, and we had to learn to make them. I might well have had you as my tutor. But we do use toor dal in many if south I Dian dishes, including our version of dal, which is called sambar. That is our comfort food. One of them, anyway. This looks very authentic. I am sure the taste of both dal and naan would be great. Enjoy chef. A few small tips, if I may. Wash and soak dal so extra phytic acid is removed and dal is digested easily. Dals tend to give but of indigestion / gas because of phytic acid. Also presence of phytic acid in food prevents absorption of certain minerals. Whether in pressure cooker or open pan, add dal after water is very hot. Dals don't cook well if added to cold water, or take longer than they would otherwise. To help dql cook fast and mushy, add a pinch of turmeric and a tsp of oil (or ghee) to the water while cooking dal. While cooking any dal a layer of scum firms when it starts to boil. Please remove that with a ladle, before closing the cooker lid. Same in open pan cooking. If not again, Dal can cause inigestion and little bitter to taste as well. As far as naan is concerned we add baking powder instead of yeast. And we brush the underside of the naan with cold water before placing on the hot pan. This helps it stick to the pan and when turned upside down yo sear the open sode it doesn't fall off. But we use cast iron pans and this method works on them. Whether it works on a steel pan I don't know. Finally do let the pressure go out naturally. Letting it out manually is not always safe. Thank you for the beautiful video.

This is extremely authentic Indian food i can promise. I am from India and a self taught chef. Been learning from restaurant chefs, dhaba chefs and friends and relatives. This is as authentic as any good Indian chef. One extra tip i would give to some of the watchers is, while cooking large amount of dhaal in pressure cooker in its full capacity, the water from daal sometimes sprays out through nozzle. To prevent this or minimise this, add a spoon full of ghee along with water into the daal.

As an Indian i admire the efforts you put into your dishes to make it as authentic as it's made here❤❤luv your videos chef

Every time I watch a video I see something else my kitchen doesn’t have 😂😂

As an Indian, personally speaking, nothing comes close to dal tadka and tawa roti at a dhaba (cheap roadside diners on highways mostly for truck drivers) while on a road trip. Essential experience. Core memory.

Andy! Yes Chef! Looks amazing! Not criticisms just a a couple of tips: For whole cloves crush the round end with your fingers add to the dish and discard the hard stalky bit. For home cooks for cooking Naans - if you're lucky enough to have an electric fan oven with a grill that you can turn on at the same time, set them both as hot as they will go, put a cast iron pan or cast iron griddle plate in there to pre heat to as hot as as it'll go. Then drop your Naan onto the cast iron, with the grill and the oven on, then you get heat from top and bottom! Warning be bloody careful not to burn yourself as the cast iron etc will be ridiculously hot! Peace and ❤ to you and all the team!

Amazing, looks fab Andy. Pro tip: to make sure the naans stick to the pan, rub the lower side of the naan with some water. It will stick perfectly :)

One of my favourite things to cook ever since a friend of mine made it for a group of us once. Super simple but full of flavour.

If me and my family are travelling for work or for holiday or for any reason, and if we reached home late hours and we are super hungry, this is the dish that my mom would make. Because it's very easy, less ingredients and they are always available easily, super delicious and very easy to make. This is what I would die for to eat. No amount of any fancy 5 star or michelin star restaurant will give me such satisfaction when it comes to food.

There is no food more comforting than desi food😋

Don't change Andy, you legend! Love watching your vids each week. Gives me solace 😊

I agree it is a comfort food

Authentic cooking and authentic eating with your hands. Well done.

Andy is a phenomenal chef and an inspiration! Like him I’m now teetotal and been clean for 1 year. You saved my life Andy! I love you man

This is legit. I’m Indian and I approve of this recipe. Well done Andy!!

Thanks so much this would make my apartment smell amazing i can tell ❤❤❤

One of my favourite dishes to make at home. I don't have the means to use the charcoal, or the space to make naan but it still comes out absolutely delicious and its great with rice

Awesome. Never thought that Andy will cook our daily go-to staple dal tadka. I eat it 3 times a week with rice in lunch. I wish I could be there to eat it as soon as he cooks 😁

I spent a bit of time in Singapore through family connections at the time, I've eaten some of the most flavoursome dhal I sadly wont again. I had absolutely no idea dhal could be such an incredible dish.

I place near my old house used to serve dal makli (sorry if spelled wrong) it was amazing and very comforting.

At 4:36, "if it is looking dry, add some more ghee"😂...Our kind of guy😂

Dal with some airfried paneer tossed through it 🤤 absolute perfect winter warmer comfort food (and it’s bloody cold in Melb right now 🥶) I usually make with red lentils so I definitely want to try this recipe with the yellow peas.

Thanks for the recipe, Andy. Can't wait to try it!

Thank you Andy! We recently moved with my girlfriend to a flat in NYC, I started making your dishes and they have been an absolute hit everytime

Dal tadka & Rice is my soul food 🥹 Probably for most Indians. If there's one dish i can eat for life...THIS IS WHAT IT IS.

I like to use a griddle for the naan. It lets me make a bunch of it at the same time, and control how well done it is. I like mine crunchy while my mother likes it chewy.

This is my go to food. I prefer my dal tadka soupy and with rice 🥰

Dal Rice Ghee and Achar . The best ever combo and the most comforting and soothing food. Kudos Andy!!

When you said, "it will just take a while." That's the whole point. It takes a while in a pot over a wood fire. That's the magic .. Much like peated whisky.

9:13 Andy makes good use of an espresso basket as the charcoal holder

Greetings from Melbourne... love your recipes. Daal made with ghee.,.. doesn't get any better. Absolute comfort food.❤

That was nice🌿 Blessings from NYC..

As an Indian the best piece of advice I can give is eat naan with non veg or curries that are royal (have nuts or yoghurt) else eat with rice or chapati, naan is for those creamy and thick curries

So comforting to watch

Greetings from denmark love you andy

@andy that extra dal for good luck. You were definitely Indian in one of your past Life's. N mostly a grandmother who teaches cooking to her grandkids. ❤❤

Wow, you have done a marvellous job. Could feel my mouth watering just watching you cook dal tadka and naan.

How about a proper Tom Yum soup recipe :D I seen the short, but I reckon its a deep dish to dive into for a full episode.

Indeed a comfort food 😌 I love to have dal tadka along with rice

You know Andy is a real one when he pulls out a dish that is actually eaten by people almost on a daily basis.

I 'm from Morrocco .happy to see your cooking . Bonne chance.😊

Amazing. You did us Indians proud xxx

Andy your new outdoor kitchen is incredible and I’m sure cooking out there is a real pleasure… but personally I really enjoy your videos when you’re based in here. Always have always will. Cheers

I love this comfort food with curd rice 😌.

Watching this drunk at 1am whilst eating maccas, how good!

Martabak manis. Mashed peas and Irish stew.

Rarely does one have a true understanding of international cuisine as you do. A treat to watch your cooking!

Thank you for doing justice with this dish ❤😂 Love from India 🇮🇳

You’re my new favorite cooking channel

Yum! Your Dal and Nan looks delicious! My most favorite dish ever (though we don’t use tomatoes). I’ve never tried smoking it so will give that some thought. Cheers!

thank you andy i love your cooking , absolutely authentic , even the onion was red onion

My family is from the Caribbean, so our dal is a little different, but will definitely try a few of the ideas in my next batch! Good work on the naans too; I'm usually lazy and make simple roti; didn't realise how easy it was to make naan!

I love this! One of my favorite comfort food is Whole Masoor Dal (that black one) with rice, with ghee and mango pickle on top of it, served with a green chili. I can't tell you enough how much good i feel eating it, plus I have a lot of memories associated with that combo. Dal is really underrated in terms of indian food outside india imo.

Its midnight here in India and I just stumbled upon your video. Watching you cook an Indian meal so neatly just helped me calm my mid night cravings :)

We all need an Andy in our life ❤

that dal look so good, but also dal is predominantly loved with rice.

The dal was really good Andy however for the Tadka, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and dried chilli are a must

Thank you Andy! Love from Greece! ❤

I follow a lady from India that cooks this. Her recipes are awesome🌺

@andy, this was a good video. Please try this recipe with one addition, add a pinch of 'asafoetida' (heeng/hing) either while toasting spices in ghee or in the pressure cooker. It will taste awesome.

Love the smoking and Naan techniques.... Cheers Andy and gang

I do dhal semi-frequently. Got excited and tried this. My wife's feedback - not the usual depth of flavour. Ordinarily I'd add a small amount of tomato after sweating the onions (the acid goes really well), and add some fresh curry leaves and possibly a few other hints of spices to get the flavour up.

Very nyc❤and cute video for dal tadka I m hungry for your delicious food 🥗

have never heard someone saying the pressure cooker hisses like a wild cat! lmao!😂😂😂😂 beautiful process. TY

Andy, would love to see you make Braciole. Thanks for all the amazing recipes!!

Andy's really got everything under that bench, huh? Andy's magic bench

7.26 very good point :-)

daal cooked medium is perfection 😂🫶

The only thing I have seen Andy struggle with....Naan! Good job Andy! 👍

I have some 'dry' dhal in the fridge. Now you've encouraged me to make patties for frying. I love whatching you work, it's so satisfying.

The only white person on youtube cooking perfect desi food every single time! Love and respect from India❤️

Onek valolage অনেক সুন্দর হয়েছে 👌♥️♥️♥️

Thanks for the informative video! Had never heard of Dal Tadka before.

Dal is most comforting food but its most commonly paired with rice and its so tasty ❤

As an Indian and cooking expert i would recommend you to use finely chopped garlic and cook them untill they’re brown then add red dry chilli , chilli powder for tadka and transfer tadka in dal

Damn it's perfect like literally perfect authentic Indian cuisine and you also gave me an idea to add coriander powder in my tadka something that I have tried yet

Just came back from Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. I need some dal back in my life, Chur Andy!

Best part of the video, the fall. Love it

All Indian veg recipes are very comforting and easy to digest!

Appams and vegetable/chicken stew is also a very popular comfort dish from the state of Kerala in India! You should try making that in one of your videos😊

Awesome! Well executed Indian staple!