masoor dal recipe | masoor ki daal | masoor dal tadka recipe
easy masoor dal recipe | masoor ki daal | masoor dal tadka recipe
Servings 5 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 bay leaf / tej patta
- 2 medium tomato finely chopped
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1 green chilli slit
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- salt to taste
- 1 cup masoor dal / red lentils
- 3½ + 1 cup cup water
for tempering:
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp mustard seeds / rai
- ½ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- ¼ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala powder
- few curry leaves
- 1 dried red chilli broken
Instructions
- firstly, in a pressure cooker heat ghee and in bay leaf.
- further add onions and saute well.
- also add in ginger-garlic paste and chilli. saute well.
- additionally add 2 finely chopped tomato and saute till they turn soft and mushy.
- add in ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp red chilli powder and salt to taste. saute till the spices turn aromatic.
- furthermore, add in 1 cup washed masoor dal / red lentils.
- add 3½ cups of water and give a good stir.
- cover the pressure cooker with lid and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles.
- also add water and adjust consistency.
- meanwhile prepare the tempering by heating ghee in a small kadai and add all the tempering ingredients.
- once the tempering splutter, pour over the dal.
- add in chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
- finally, serve masoor dal fry hot with rice or roti.