Dal Masoori

Name: How to cook Dal Masoori - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Shikha Yashu Jethi

Dal Masoori

#56Bhog Post10 Masoor Dal Tadka is basically a simple home cooked food of every Indian household wherein the Lentil are boiled until cooked but not mushy enough and then tempered with onion and tomatoes.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

40 Minutes

3/4 cup

Masoor Dal

2.5 cups

Water

1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder

3 tsp

sesame oil

1/2 tsp

each mustard seeds and cumin seeds

1 sprig

curry leaves

pinch

asafoetida

nos med size onion finely chopped

nos tomatoes roughly chopped

to taste

salt

nos garlic, peeled

nos Green chilli

1 tsp

coriander seeds

1 tsp

cumin seeds

15-20

nos peppercorns

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a saucepan wash and rinse your masoor dal and add the water and turmeric powder and boil it(2-3 whistle in pressure cooker) until cooked but not mushy.

* Step 2

Meanwhile start chopping your onion and tomato. Also in a mortal pestle add everything mentioned under the masala paste and grind to a paste like consistency.

* Step 3

Heat oil in a pan. Give tadka (seasoning) of mustard seeds, cumin seeds, hing and curry leaves let it splutter and add in the onions, saute until light pink. Add tomatoes and cook it until soft and mushy.

* Step 4

Add the masala paste and cook until raw smell goes.

* Step 5

Mix everything well and let it boil for 10 mins. Add in handful of coriander leaves and salt to taste. Mix and boil for another 5 mins. Add lemon zest and mix.