Masoor Ki Dal (Red lentil)

Masoor Dal (Red lentil) gets cooked so fast and it tastes great when made as dal. I tried this Masoor dal, starting off with simple south Indian dal recipe using tomatoes and red chilies.

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
10 mins	10 mins	2 persons

Cuisine:  North Indian

Recipe Type: Side dish for roti and rice

Ingredients Masoor Dal(Red lentil) -1 cup (soak for 1 hour) Cumin seeds -1/2 tsp Hing –pinch Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Chopped onion -1 no Tomatoes -2 nos Chopped Garlic -2 cloves Dry Red chilies -2 nos Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp Dhaniya powder -1 tsp Red chili powder -1/2 tsp Salt –to taste Cilantro –garnish Water -2 cups

Method

1. Cook the Masoor dal upto 4 whistles in the pressure cooker.

2. In a kadai, leave two spoons of oil, when it gets heated, add cumin seeds, when it crack's, add the Garlic slices, curry leaves and the slited green chilies, sauté them and add the tomato slices and fry them.

3.  Now add salt, turmeric powder, a pinch and mix. Add the mashed masoor dal to it and add enough water for the consistency.Garnish it with coriander leaves. It goes well with chapatti and Hot Rice.

4.  Adjust if needed and cook without the lid till the water dries up completely.

Notes

The color of the dal is in pink and orange mixed colour.but when cooked it just looked like our normal split yellow moong dal.Add garam masala powder for better results.

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