The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup).
You can have The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup) using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup)
- It’s 1 of To pressure cook.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of masoor dal.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of asafoetida powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
- It’s 1/4 tsp of fennel seed powdered.
- It’s 1/4 tsp of cumin seed powdered.
- It’s 2 cups of water.
- You need to taste of salt.
- You need 2 of To Garnish.
- You need 1 number of green chilli pepper slitted.
- It’s 2 numbers of tomato chopped.
- You need 1 tsp of chopped ginger.
- You need 2 tsps of chopped garlic.
- It’s 1 number of onions diced.
- Prepare 2 tsps of coriander leaves chopped.
- It’s 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
- You need 1/4 tsp of black pepper ground.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of cumin powder.
- You need 2 tbsps of sunflower oil.
- Prepare 2 numbers of clove.
- It’s 2 numbers of cardamom.
- You need 1 number of cinnamon stick.
- You need to taste of salt.
The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup) step by step
- Wash the dal. Add the ingredients 1 to pressure cooker. Keep it in medium flame..
- After the first whistle, keep for another 8 minutes in low flame. Switch it off and wait until the full pressure is released..
- Meanwhile, you can prepare the garnish..
- First, put the pan on the stove. Pour oil. When hot, add clove, cardamom, cinnamon, onion, garlic, ginger, chilli..
- Saute it until onion turn transparent and soft. Add the Masala mix and stir till the aroma of the masala comes out..
- To it add the tomatoes, stir until it is soft and the juices evapourate..
- Add a pinch of salt. Note that you have already added salt in pressure cooked ingredients. So add salt accordingly..
- To the pressure cooked dal, add the garnish and bring it to boil. Add coriander leaves..
- Now it is ready to be served. It goes well with Chapathi/roti/basmati rice..