Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, masoor dal or red lentils. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Masoor Dal OR Red lentils is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Masoor Dal OR Red lentils is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have masoor dal or red lentils using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Masoor Dal OR Red lentils:
- Take 1 cup red lentils / masoor Dal
- Take 2 tsp Oil
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Make ready 1 TSP turmeric powder
- Get 1 TSP cumin and coriander powder
- Get 1.1 /2 TSP red chilli powder or to your taste
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic sliced
- Prepare 1 TSP cumin seeds
- Get 3 cups water
- Make ready Fresh coriander leaves to garnish
Steps to make Masoor Dal OR Red lentils:
- In a pot heat the oil on high flame and add the cumin seeds.it should brown straight away so add the garlic and reduce the heat or your garlic will burn.in a small bowl combine all the dry spices and add a little bit of water to make a paste and when your garlic is golden brown add the spice paste.
- Cook the spices for about a minute.by adding the water to your spices it will stop it from burning.and gives it enough time to cook and lose the row taste of the spice.
- Add the Dal/ lentils and the water and cook it covered until it's done.(If you are cooking in a pot you might need more water.You can adjust the water by adding some if it's to thick.or reduce the amount of water by cooking some more if it's to thin.) sprinkle with coriander leaves and serve hot.
- Note:- if you have a preser cooker this Dal is done in 15 minutes.if not it will take some were between 30-45 minutes depending on the water hardness.
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