Masoor Dal Fry | Masoor Dal Tadka | Red Lentil Fry
Masoor Dal Fry is an easy and healthy dish to go with Rice or roti. It is also known as Red Lentil.
Servings: 4
Calories:
Standard 1 cup measures 240 ml
Ingredients
- Masoor Dal – ½ cup
- Onion – 1
- Tomato – 1
- Garlic – 5 pods
- Salt as needed
- Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
- Ghee – 1 tbsp
- Bay leaf – 1
- Hing /Asafetida – a generous pinch
- Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
- Dry Red Chilli – 3
- Garam Masala – ½ tsp
- Ginger a small piece
- Curry Leaves a spring
Instructions
- In a pressure cooker add in the masoor dal, Wash well and then add in chopped onions, tomatoes and peel Garlic pods.
- Close the cooker and pressure for 4 whistles in a medium flame. Wait till the pressure subsides naturally and then open the cooker. Mash the dal after opening the cooker with a ladle.
- To this add in the Salt, Chilli powder and turmeric powder.
- Mix well and add the required water and bring it to the right consistency now allow this to cook till the dal comes to a boil and switch off the flame.
- Heat a tadka pan with ghee to this add in Cumin seeds,Hing and Bay leaf.
- Add crushed ginger, Garam Masala and Curry leaves .Now pour this to the prepared Dal. Serve hot
Notes
· Goes well with Rice or Roti.
· You can replace ghee with any cooking oil but with ghee it tastes more flavourful.
· You can replace ghee with any cooking oil but with ghee it tastes more flavourful.
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