Masoor Dal Tadka Recipe – Dhaba Style | Akkha Masoor with detailed photo and video. Masoor dal is a simple lentil-based curry or soup prepared from red lentils. It is typically served with jeera rice or regular rice. Masoor dal Tadka is prepared similarly to normal dal tadka in a tomato and onion-based sauce with other dry spices. It is an ideal curry that can be served with both rice and roti for lunch and dinner.
Masoor Dal Tadka Recipe—Dhaba Style | Akkha Masoor with step-by-step photo recipe. This simple dal recipe, known for its simplicity and taste, is also known as the khadi dal recipe in south India or, particularly, in Hyderabad. Masoor dal tadka is traditionally tempered with spices like chilli powder and garam masala to cook dal.
I guess dal recipes are standard in every Indian household, yet we do not give great importance to them. Even I had missed this simple and healthy masoor ki daal from my blog, though I prepare it quite often, like once or twice a week. Every time I prepare it, I introduce some variation to masoor dal, which could be in thickness, tempering or mixing with other dal. I even experimented by adding fried chopped garlic to temper the normal Tadka. Lately, I have started to skip the tomatoes, too, and add finely chopped red onions and some lemon juice.
The recipe for masoor ki daal is so simple, and there aren’t any complicated steps. Yet i would like to share few tips and recommendations for a perfect masoor dal recipe. I have pressure-cooked the dal for three whistles, enough for red lentils to cook. Comparatively, it gets cooked much faster than toor dal or chana dal. Secondly, you can extend the same recipe by adding some methi leaves, palak leaves or even Lauki to make its respective Masoor Dal Tadka. Finally, if you want to make it more creamy, I recommend adding a quarter cup of coconut milk just before adding Tadka.
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About Masoor Dal Tadka
It is a simple lentil curry recipe prepared with whole masoor dal or red lentils and a combination of basic spices and herbs. Masoor Dal Tadka, or Akkha Masoor dal, is a complete meal with rice and roti, providing the necessary nutrients and supplements. It is typically made in a thick texture and thus helps to serve as a side dish curry with different types of roti and bread.
Masoor Dal Tadka can be prepared in many ways, but the most common way is to make it a Tadka or fry variant. The significant difference is the use of lentils. The split of whole lentils gives a different type of texture to the curry. Typically, the thick texture can be multipurpose and used as a rice and roti side dish. However, the thin texture can be an ideal rice side dish or served as lentil soup.
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Masoor Dal Tadka Recipe - Dhaba Style | Akkha Masoor
Ingredients
for pressure cooking:
- 1 cup whole masoor dal
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ tsp cloves
- 1 pod black cardamom
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 1 tsp cumin
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 inch ginger, grated
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- pinch hing
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tomato, chopped
- 3 cup water
- 2 tbsp coriander, finely chopped
for tempering:
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp cumin
- 2 chilli
- pinch hing
- pinch chilli powder
- pinch garam masala
Instructions
- Firstly, in a bowl soak 1 cup whole masoor dal for 4 hours. If you are soaking in hot water then soak for 30 minutes.
- In a pressure cooker take 2 tbsp oil. Add 1 bay leaf, ½ tsp cloves, 1 pod black cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon and 1 tsp cumin. Saute until the spice turn aroamtic.
- Also saute 4 cloves garlic, 1 inch ginger till it turns aromatic.
- Further, add 1 onion and saute well.
- Keeping the flame on low, add ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, pinch thing and 1 tsp salt. Saute on low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
- Add 2 tomato and saute until the tomato softens.
- Now add soaked dal, 3 cup water and mix well.
- Pressure cook for 5 whistles or until the dal is cooked well.
- Mash the dal slightly, to get desired consistency.
- To prepare the tempering, heat 2 tbsp ghee. Add 1 tsp cumin, 2 chilli, pinch thing, pinch chilli powder and pinch garam masala.
- Mix till the spices turn aromatic.
- Pour the tempering over the dal and add 2 tbsp coriander. Mix well.
- Finally, enjoy Akhha Masoor Dal Recipe with roti or rice.
How to Make Masoor Dal Tadka with Step-by-step Photos
- Firstly, in a bowl soak 1 cup whole masoor dal for 4 hours. If you are soaking in hot water then soak for 30 minutes.
- In a pressure cooker take 2 tbsp oil. Add 1 bay leaf, ½ tsp cloves, 1 pod black cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon, and 1 tsp cumin. Saute until the spice turn aromatic.
- Also saute 4 cloves garlic, 1 inch ginger till it turns aromatic.
- Further, add 1 onion and saute well.
- Keeping the flame on low, add ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, pinch thing and 1 tsp salt. Saute on low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
- Add 2 tomato and saute until the tomato softens.
- Now add soaked dal, 3 cup water and mix well.
- Pressure cook for 5 whistles or until the dal is cooked well.
- Mash the dal slightly, to get the desired consistency.
- To prepare the tempering, heat 2 tbsp ghee. Add 1 tsp cumin, 2 chilli, pinch hing, pinch chilli powder and pinch garam masala.
- Mix till the spices turn aromatic. Pour the tempering over the dal and add 2 tbsp coriander. Mix well.
- Finally, enjoy Akhha Masoor Dal Recipe with roti or rice.
Notes
- Firstly, adjust the consistency of dal before serving, as the dal thickens soon.
- Additionally, adjust the amount of green chilli depending on the spice level.
- Furthermore, pour the tempering just before serving to enhance the flavour of masoor dal fry.
- Finally, Akhha Masoor Dal Recipe taste great when cooked on low flame.
hi Hebbar, I tried this Madhe dal recipe and everyone loved it!
you are welcome Padma
Hey!
My mom makes dhal another way.
I tried that and I couldn’t really make it taste like hers
I tried your recipe now and it came out wonderful =)
you are welcome Shyma.
Hello Hebbar,
I have tried few recipes of urs and the results were superb. Thanks for ur recipes…..
Thanks a lot 🙂
One of the best dal recipe….
Thanks a lot 🙂
Hello Hebbar,
I love your recipes , i tried couple of them and will enjoy more, I am very very bad at judgement with salt which makes it hard for me to follow exect recipe with perfect taste, please help, is there any general rule of thumb, i can use!? for eg, I am gonna try masala vada next, what do i do with “salt to taste” trouble!?!?
you can safely start with 1/2 to 3/4 tsp for the masala vada recipe. perhaps you slightly increase or perhaps decrease it based on your taste.
tooo gooddd
thanks jasleen
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