This is a simple Lentil dish,a staple in most Indian households and our favorite comfort food,served with a steaming cup of rice!Its a quick easy recipe with very little prep time and the cooking time is pretty fast thanks to the trusted pressure cooker.
The kids love this and I love adding spinach every once in a while to my lentils,the combination of lentils and spinach is delicious.We like our dhal cooked a little extra and the end result is a thicker, creamier dhal.
Ingredients :
Seasoning :
Method :
The kids love this and I love adding spinach every once in a while to my lentils,the combination of lentils and spinach is delicious.We like our dhal cooked a little extra and the end result is a thicker, creamier dhal.
Dhal |
- 1 cup Masoor Dhal ( Red Lentils)
- 2 Medium sized tomatoes,chopped
- 5-6 cloves of garlic,sliced
- 1-2 green chilly slit
- 2 tablespoon chopped cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon sambar powder (optional)
- Salt to taste
Seasoning :
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- a pinch of asteofida (optional)
- 5-6 curry leaves
- 3 cloves of garlic,crushed
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
- Oil
Method :
- Wash dhal in 2-3 changes of water. Drain thoroughly and transfer to a pressure cooker (if you dont have a pressure cooker you can use a deep dish pan).
- Add sliced garlic to dal along with turmeric powder, green chillies,chopped cilantro,sambar powder and about 3 cups of water.
- Pressure cook this for 3 whistles.
- Heat some oil in a small pan,add your mustard seeds,once the seeds start to splutter,add the cumin seeds and the crushed garlic till it turns a light brown.
- Add your curry leaves
- Reduce the heat,add your chopped cliantro (I like the taste of seasoned cilantro leaves) Fry for 30 seconds to a quick minute and take off the heat.
- Add this seasoning to the cooked dhal.
- Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves.
- Serve with steaming hot rice!
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