Dal curry

Name: Dal curry
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 cup Toor dal (lentils); 2 small tomatoes; 1 onion; 2 cloves garlic; Piece ginger; 1/4 tsp mustard seeds; 1 green chilli; 5-6 curry leaves; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; Pinch asafoetida; 1 tsp salt; 3 cups water; 1/4 tsp turmeric; 3/4-1 tsp sambar powder; 1 tbsp oil; 1 tbsp ghee; 1/4 tsp garam masala; 1/4 tsp kasuri methi; 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander; Lemon juice (optional)

Shruti Sriram @cook_108528009

Healthy lentil based curry which goes well with rice 🍛

Shruti Sriram @cook_108528009

Healthy lentil based curry which goes well with rice 🍛

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 people

1 cupToor dal (lentils)
2small tomatoes
1onion
2 clovesgarlic
Pieceginger
1/4 tspmustard seeds
1green chilli
5-6curry leaves
1/2 tspcumin seeds
Pinchasafoetida
1 tspsalt
3 cupswater
1/4 tspturmeric
3/4-1 tspsambar powder
1 tbspoil
1 tbspghee
1/4 tspgaram masala
1/4 tspkasuri methi
2 tbspfinely chopped coriander
Lemon juice (optional)

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Steps

1 hour

1

Soak one cup of dal in water for 1 hour
2

Add oil and ghee to a pressure cooker and let it heat up. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida and let the spices temper
3

Once the mustard seeds start spluttering, add finely chopped onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli and fry for a bit until the onions cook and become transluscent
4

Add finely chopped tomatoes. Let the tomatoes cook for a few minutes
5

Add turmeric, salt, sambar powder, garam masala and stir the mixture and let it cook for a bit
6

Add the soaked dal along with 3 cups of water. Close the pressure cooker and let it cook on medium heat for 3 whistles
7

After 3 whistles, turn off the heat. Open the pressure cooker after 10 minutes. Stir and add finely chopped coriander and kasuri methi. Add lemon juice.