Habisa Dalma is a traditional Odia recipe that is had mostly during Kartik Maah.This Dalma is a no onion no garlic item.
Habisa Dalma is an extremely easy recipe and is very tasty as well as healthy.
Soak the dal for about ten minutes.Meanwhile cut and dice the vegetables.Crush the Elephant apple slices a bit so that they look shredded but not disintegrated.(This is done to release the tanginess of the elephant Apple into the dal)
Take the dal and all the veggies together in a pressure cooker.Add the crushed ginger.Put about 3-4 cups of water.And let it pressure cook till one whistle. Take it immediately off the gas and let it settle.
In a kadhai,heat ghee. Put the asafoetida,jeera and bay leaf.As soon as the tadka is fragrant,put the dal on it and cook for a while.
Add chopped dhaniya patta and crushed roasted jeera& Lal mirch for garnishing. Serve hot with rice or Puri.