Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, masoor dal or red lentils. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Masoor Dal OR Red lentils is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Masoor Dal OR Red lentils is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook masoor dal or red lentils using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Masoor Dal OR Red lentils:
Make ready 1 cup red lentils / masoor Dal
Make ready 2 tsp Oil
Prepare to taste Salt
Make ready 1 TSP turmeric powder
Take 1 TSP cumin and coriander powder
Make ready 1.1 /2 TSP red chilli powder or to your taste
Take 3 cloves garlic sliced
Get 1 TSP cumin seeds
Make ready 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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