Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, the masoor dal curry (lentil soup). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Masoor dal is a popular lentil curry recipe from the Indian sub-continent made with red lentils (also known as masoor dal) and a tempering of sliced onion and garlic. Masoor Daal (Lentil Soup) Though many people refer to a variety of beans as Lentils, lentils are actually small, round and flat legumes with a dark brown husk. Lentil Soup (or Masoor Daal) is hearty, homey and satisfying. Packed with protein and fiber, this Lentil Soup recipe makes a healthy and filling lunch.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have the masoor dal curry (lentil soup) using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup):
- Make ready 1 To pressure cook
- Make ready 3/4 cup masoor dal
- Prepare 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 1/4 tsp fennel seed powdered
- Get 1/4 tsp cumin seed powdered
- Prepare 2 cups water
- Make ready to taste salt
- Make ready 2 To Garnish
- Make ready 1 number green chilli pepper slitted
- Get 2 numbers tomato chopped
- Prepare 1 tsp chopped ginger
- Take 2 tsps chopped garlic
- Prepare 1 number onions diced
- Take 2 tsps coriander leaves chopped
- Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 1/4 tsp black pepper ground
- Get 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Take 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- Make ready 2 tbsps sunflower oil
- Take 2 numbers clove
- Prepare 2 numbers cardamom
- Get 1 number cinnamon stick
- Prepare to taste salt
Whole Masoor Dal - A fantastic vegan and gluten free lentil curry that tastes best with hot steamed rice, quinoa or rotis. A healthy and comforting dal in bowl! Made with whole brown lentils, it is a great protein packed vegetarian dinner. You can even relish it as soup.
Steps to make The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup):
- 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.
Made with whole brown lentils, it is a great protein packed vegetarian dinner. You can even relish it as soup. Dal (also spelled dhal, daal, dahl) is a term used for dried, split pulses. Dal also refers to Indian lentil soups which are important staple foods in South Asian countries, especially India. Masoor dal is actually a tiny red/orange lentil that cooks fast and doesn't require any soaking.
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