Tasty Masoor Dal Food

EASY MASOOR DAL

Steps:

• Pick and rinse the pink lentils (dhuli masoor dal) well.
• Pressure cook the pink lentils in a 2-litre pressure cooker with 1.5 to 1.75 cups water, till they become soft and mushy. Pressure cook for 5 to 6 whistles on medium flame.
• When the lentils are cooked, beat with a wooden spoon or wired whisk lightly.
• Keep the cooked pink lentils aside. If lentils are not cooked, then add some more water and pressure cook for a few whistles more.
• In another pan or pot, heat oil. Fry the cumin seeds till golden.
• Then add onions and fry till they are light golden.
• Add chopped ginger and garlic. Stir and fry for 10 to 15 seconds or till the raw aroma of ginger and garlic goes away.
• Add green chilies and red chilies. Stir.
• Add all the dry spice powders one by one including asafoetida (hing) and stir.
• Add the tomatoes and fry till the oil separates and the tomatoes become soft.
• Add the cooked pink lentils. Pour 1 to 1.5 cups water. You can adjust the quantity of water as required.
• Add salt and stir. Simmer for 6 to 7 minutes more on a low or medium flame till you get the desired consistency.
• This dal is neither thick nor thin and has a medium consistency.
• Lastly add kasuri methi and simmer for 1 minute.
• Towards the end add lemon juice and 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves and stir. Switch off the flame.
• You can also garnish the dal with coriander leaves if you want while serving. Serve this masoor dal hot with steamed basmati rice or roti or chappati.

MASOOR DAL

Steps:

• Bring dal to boil in a large stock pot with 4 cups water and bring to a boil.
• When it comes to a boil, there will be a gray surface scum.
• Skim this away and then add the ginger and turmeric.
• Turn the heat low and simmer partially covered for 1 hour.
• When done, a thick puree settles on the bottom.
• Make sure you stir the dal several times in the last 15 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a small skillet and when it smokes add the pinch of asafetida.
• One second later, add the cumin and peppers.
• Cook until the peppers until both sides turn dark (a few seconds).
• Pour the oil spice mixture into the dal with the salt and stir for 1 minute.

MASOOR DAL

Steps:

• Boil water.
• Add lentils. When it comes back to a boil, cook for five minutes uncovered, then turn the heat down and cover, cook for 15 minutes.
• Add salt, ginger, chile, coriander, cumin and tumeric. Cook for ten more minutes until lentils are very soft.
• Turn heat down to low.
• In a small pan, heat oil until very hot. Add mustard seeds. When they have finished popping, add chili pieces and then asafoetida. Pour hot oil into lentil pot and cover quickly.
• Turn off heat and let sit for five minutes. Add lemon or lime juice, adjust seasonings. Serve with cilantro.

DAL TADKA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Combine split Pigeon peas (Arhahr dal), Mung dal-lentils, and Red lentils(Masoor dal). Rinse the lentils 2 to 3 times until the impurity clears. Soak lentils with enough water to cover for 15 minutes.
• Add soaked lentils, water, turmeric powder, cumin-coriander powder and salt to an InstantPot or a Pressure Cooker. Pressure cook in an Instant Pot on high setting for 15 minutes with natural steam release.
• For pressure cooker cooking, cook on high heat until 2 whistles. Turn the heat down to low and cook for 8-10 minutes. Natural Pressure Release.
• Whisk dal with a whisk or use a hand blender(if needed) until smooth.
• Heat oil in a wok or a saucepan on medium heat. Add cumin seeds. Once the oil starts to become cloudy around cumin seeds, add minced onions. Cook onions until slightly golden.
• Now add minced ginger and garlic, sauté for a few seconds. Add diced tomatoes, whole chilis, dried fenugreek, Kashmiri chili powder and curry leaves. Cook on low -medium while stirring for about a minute or until tomatoes start to break apart.
• Add tadka to cooked Dal. If Dal is too thick add ½ cup to a cup of hot water to thin it down. Boil the Dal to reduce the liquid if needed. Garnish it with chopped cilantro and Garam Masala.
• Serve warm with plain rice or roti.