Bele tovve recipe | How to make togari bele thove | Easy dal for rice or chapati
By Latha on January 28th, 2022
Bele tovve or thove recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This is a very easy and very tasty recipe using togari bele or toor dal. This is a very tasty side dish for chapati or rice. This thovve or dal fry prepared using toor dal, tomato, ginger, green chilli, red chilli, curry leaves and asafoetida.
This is a perfect recipe when you are running out of vegetables. Nevertheless it is very healthy, tasty and easy to prepare. Kids will enjoy this simple yet tasty dal. This is a no onion and no garlic dal or bele tovve recipe. I have used pure hing (asafoetida) in this recipe from "Naati grains", which enhances the taste further.
If you are looking for more rasam recipes then do check Majjige saaru or rasam, simple nimbe hannu saaru or lemon rasam, Udupi rasam, Doddapathre rasam, Udupi rasam, cowpea rasam and fenugreek seed rasam, upsaaru, Mango rasam, avarekalu saaru and sabsige soppu (dill leaves) rasam recipes.
I have made a quick video on this bele tovve recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 5 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 2 cup
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1/2 cup toor dal
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 red chilli
- 7 - 8 curry leaves
- 1 - 2 green chillies
- 1 tsp chopped ginger
- 1 tomato chopped
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- Big pinch of asafoetida
- 2 tsp salt (or as per your taste)
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves
Instructions for making bele tovve:
- Rinse toor dal.
- Add in a cup of water, few drops of oil and big pinch of turmeric.
- Cook until soft by making 3 - 4 whistles.
- Heat a tbsp of oil. Prepare tempering with mustard seeds and red chillies.
- Next add in chopped green chillies, ginger and some curry leaves.
- Also add in turmeric powder and asafoetida (hing).
- Followed by add in chopped tomato.
- Fry until tomatoes are soft.
- Add in cooked dal and required water.
- Add in salt as per taste.
- Bring it to boil and ssprinkle corinder leaves. Switch off the stove. Serve it with hot steaming rice or chapati.
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