Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, the masoor dal curry (lentil soup). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Masoor tadka dal is a delicious Indian lentil curry made with red lentils. It's easy to make, flavorful, and healthy as well as naturally vegan and gluten free! Dal translates to lentil, but when referred to in the context of food it means a spiced Indian lentil soup.
The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have the masoor dal curry (lentil soup) using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup):
- Prepare 1 To pressure cook
- Get 3/4 cup masoor dal
- Make ready 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1/4 tsp fennel seed powdered
- Prepare 1/4 tsp cumin seed powdered
- Prepare 2 cups water
- Get to taste salt
- Make ready 2 To Garnish
- Make ready 1 number green chilli pepper slitted
- Prepare 2 numbers tomato chopped
- Prepare 1 tsp chopped ginger
- Get 2 tsps chopped garlic
- Prepare 1 number onions diced
- Make ready 2 tsps coriander leaves chopped
- Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1/4 tsp black pepper ground
- Take 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Get 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- Make ready 2 tbsps sunflower oil
- Make ready 2 numbers clove
- Make ready 2 numbers cardamom
- Prepare 1 number cinnamon stick
- Get to taste salt
Now, on to this masoor dal! Masoor dal translates as "red lentils" in Hindi. So a dal doesn't refer to a specific dish, but to actual legumes! Dal also refers to Indian lentil soups which are important staple foods in South Asian countries, especially India.
Steps to make The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup):
- Wash the dal. Add the ingredients 1 to pressure cooker. Keep it in medium flame.
- After the first whistle, keep for another 8 minutes in low flame. Switch it off and wait until the full pressure is released.
- Meanwhile, you can prepare the garnish.
- First, put the pan on the stove. Pour oil. When hot, add clove, cardamom, cinnamon, onion, garlic, ginger, chilli.
- Saute it until onion turn transparent and soft. Add the Masala mix and stir till the aroma of the masala comes out.
- To it add the tomatoes, stir until it is soft and the juices evapourate.
- Add a pinch of salt. Note that you have already added salt in pressure cooked ingredients. So add salt accordingly.
- To the pressure cooked dal, add the garnish and bring it to boil. Add coriander leaves.
- Now it is ready to be served. It goes well with Chapathi/roti/basmati rice.
Masoor dal is actually a tiny red/orange lentil that cooks fast and doesn't. The Masoor Dal lentils can be split or whole and both types are used in the Indian cuisine. The split and husked lentils have an orange-pink color. Rinse ½ cup masoor dal (pink lentils) a couple of times in water. Whisk dal to amalgamate lentils and sweet potatoes.
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