Masoor Dal Fry

Name: Masoor Dal Fry
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 5-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup masoor dal; 1/3 cup tomato chopped; 1/3 cup onion chopped; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tbsp cilantro chopped; 2 tbsps carrot chopped; to taste salt; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp chilli powder; 1/2 tsp green chilli chopped; 1/4 tsp cumin seed; 1/4 tsp mustard seed; 1 tsp oil; 1/4 tsp garam masala

Shivani Nair @cook_7804171

Austin, TX, USA

This is a simple and easy recipe made with pink lentils. It is a delicious lentil soup, you can have it with jeera rice or chapati (Indian bread).

Shivani Nair @cook_7804171

Austin, TX, USA

This is a simple and easy recipe made with pink lentils. It is a delicious lentil soup, you can have it with jeera rice or chapati (Indian bread).

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Ingredients

20 mins

5-serving

1 cupmasoor dal
1/3 cuptomato chopped
1/3 cuponion chopped
1 tspgarlic paste
1 tbspcilantro chopped
2 tbspscarrot chopped
to tastesalt
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1/4 tspchilli powder
1/2 tspgreen chilli chopped
1/4 tspcumin seed
1/4 tspmustard seed
1 tspoil
1/4 tspgaram masala

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Steps

20 mins

1

Cook masoor dal with water in pressure cooker till 3 whistle
2

Take a pan and add oil, keep it on medium heat
3

Add mustard seed and cumin seeds
4

As it sizzles, add tomato, onion, garlic paste, green chillie and grated carrot
5

Saute it for about 2-3 minutes
6

Add the cooked masoor dal
7

Add some water if needed, to make the consistency like a thick paste
8

Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder and garam masala
9

Cook it for 5-10 minutes
10

Serve it hot with jeera rice
11

Note: The dal is orange color. Once it is cooked the color becomes yellow. So to get some orange color, we are adding grated carrot