Saturday, March 26, 2011

Masoor Dal

Ingredients:

Red lentil- approx. 1/2 cup

Tomato chopped - 1

Toor Dal - approx. 1/4th cup

Turmeric- 1/4th tsp

Green chili - 1/2 chopped

Coriander pwd - 1/2 tsp

Crushed red pepper flakes - 1/2 tbsp or taste

Hing - pinch

Cumin seeds- 1tbspn

Garlic-1

Ghee/clarified butter - 2tbspn

salt to taste


Directions:

1.wash lentils thoroughly.   pressure cook these lentils along with tomatoes,turmeric,coriander pwd and green chili.

2. pressure cook approx 3-4 whistle

3. make tadka of ghee.. add chopped garlic,when changes colour add cumin seeds,curry leaves,hing,and crushed red pepper flakes

4. Mash the dal and put the above tadka...add water if dal is too thick

5. Finally  add salt and boil,  garnish with cilantro.

2 comments:

Pankaj said...

this recipe is cool..tried it for first time and came out to a good daal..everyone liked it, very delicious with rice and ghee..
thanks for the posting:-)

The Rite-Bite said...

Hi Pankaj,
Glad dt you tried and liked the recipe..its a simple one. do try other recipe too...And thanks for the feedback. Its really encouraging:)

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