The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup)
The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup)

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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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook the masoor dal curry (lentil soup) using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup):
  1. Get 1 To pressure cook
  2. Get 3/4 cup masoor dal
  3. Prepare 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
  4. Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  5. Make ready 1/4 tsp fennel seed powdered
  6. Take 1/4 tsp cumin seed powdered
  7. Get 2 cups water
  8. Take to taste salt
  9. Make ready 2 To Garnish
  10. Prepare 1 number green chilli pepper slitted
  11. Take 2 numbers tomato chopped
  12. Prepare 1 tsp chopped ginger
  13. Take 2 tsps chopped garlic
  14. Prepare 1 number onions diced
  15. Get 2 tsps coriander leaves chopped
  16. Get 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  17. Get 1/4 tsp black pepper ground
  18. Prepare 1/2 tsp garam masala
  19. Get 1/4 tsp cumin powder
  20. Take 2 tbsps sunflower oil
  21. Prepare 2 numbers clove
  22. Prepare 2 numbers cardamom
  23. Get 1 number cinnamon stick
  24. Make ready 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.

Instructions to make The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup):
  1. Wash the dal. Add the ingredients 1 to pressure cooker. Keep it in medium flame.
  2. After the first whistle, keep for another 8 minutes in low flame. Switch it off and wait until the full pressure is released.
  3. Meanwhile, you can prepare the garnish.
  4. First, put the pan on the stove. Pour oil. When hot, add clove, cardamom, cinnamon, onion, garlic, ginger, chilli.
  5. Saute it until onion turn transparent and soft. Add the Masala mix and stir till the aroma of the masala comes out.
  6. To it add the tomatoes, stir until it is soft and the juices evapourate.
  7. Add a pinch of salt. Note that you have already added salt in pressure cooked ingredients. So add salt accordingly.
  8. To the pressure cooked dal, add the garnish and bring it to boil. Add coriander leaves.
  9. 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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