What is Egg Tadka or Egg Torka
Egg Tadka or Torka is a wholesome meal that you can even enjoy vegetarian by skipping the egg. It is a very famous street food in Kolkata. This dhaba style rich lentil-based dish is hearty and comforting!
The variety of lentils/beans that are added in Egg Tadka/Torka
Green Mung Beans are a must which is sometime mixed with split Black Gram (Urad Daal) or Chana Daal. If you are used to cooking different variety of dal you will realize that each gives a different texture. The combination of green mung bean with split chicken (chana daal) works amazing since the mung bean makes the dal creamy which chana daal adds the texture. You can prepare this recipe using just mung beans too.
Adding the Egg in Egg Tadka / Dimer Torka Dal
There are straight forward two different ways you can add egg to this Torka Dal. I followed the second step only because the whisked eggs create another level of creaminess to the dish. If you need to serve this dish in a party, I recommend keeping the scrabbled egg separate, just in case someone would prefer this dish eggless. The Torka Dal is equally hearty and delicious without the egg.
Preparing the dish in Instapot or Electric/ Indian Pressure Cooker
I use my electric pressure cooker to boil the bean and daal but then the rest of the cooking I prefer doing in the skillet. You can definitely make the entire dish in the instapot or Electric/ Indian Pressure Cooker too.
Tempering or Adding Tadka at the end:
This step is not done traditionally. No special tadka goes at the end. But I did break the rule here, by adding the sizzling sliced ginger green chili in ghee. I felt it added an extra richness and flavor to the dish. You can definitely skip this part! Enjoy Tadka warm with your choice of bread. I feel roomali roti is the perfect pairing or Naan or Pav, but on a busy day even our regular Indian roti or paratha is great.
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