Masoor Dal Bhorta /Bharta (Mashed Red Lentils - Bengali / Bangladeshi style)

Name: Masoor Dal Bhorta /Bharta (Mashed Red Lentils - Bengali / Bangladeshi style)
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 2-3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup masoor dal (Red lentils), soaked for 30 minutes; 1 cup water; 2 green chilies; 2 tbsp. mustard oil; 4 dry red chilies; 2 onion, sliced; 5-6 garlic cloves; 3/4 tsp. salt or to taste; handful coriander leaves, chopped; 1 tsp. lime juice

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#CA26 - Masoor Dal Bhorta is a simple and an easy Bong / Bangladeshi homemade delicacy with an amazing yummy flavor. It is nothing but boiled and mashed red lentils, mixed with fried onion, garlic, dry red chilies and a handful of chopped coriander leaves. It is generally enjoyed with hot steamed rice or panta bhaat (fermented rice). This is a great comfort food and if having with hot steamed rice, a drizzle of some raw mustard oil makes this dish pure divine. This dish has very few ingredients that are easily available in your kitchen so it can be made in a jiffy.

This traditional dish is almost a lost recipe now and has its origin in the rural parts of West Bengal and Bangladesh where it is very popular. This recipe has a nice garlic flavor and the addition of raw mustard oil and lime juice gives a great punch to the dish. You need to savor it to believe how this easy to prepare dish can be so yummy and amazing. So when you are looking for something simple, go ahead and try this comforting and soulful dish of Masoor Dal Bhorta.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

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Ingredients

20-25 minutes

2-3 servings

1/2 cupmasoor dal (Red lentils), soaked for 30 minutes
1 cupwater
2green chilies
2 tbsp.mustard oil
4dry red chilies
2onion, sliced
5-6garlic cloves
3/4 tsp.salt or to taste
handfulcoriander leaves, chopped
1 tsp.lime juice

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Steps

20-25 minutes

1

In a pan, transfer the soaked dal, water, green chilies & 1 tbsp. mustard oil. Cover & simmer till it is almost cooked.
2

Now add the salt & continue to cook....
3

....till all the water has been absorbed. Keep aside.
4

Heat remaining oil saute dry red chilies & garlic till brown in color. Set aside.
5

In the same oil, stir fry one sliced onion till golden brown in color. Set this also aside and allow it to cool down slightly.
6

Now add 1/4 tsps. salt.
7

Mash them well with your fingers.
8

Add the cooked masoor dal till & combine everything well.
9

Add remaining sliced onion, chopped coriander leaves, lime juice the oil in which the onion was fried.
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Mix everything well.
11

Form them into balls.
12

Enjoy with steamed rice and onion, green chilies and extra lime juice as accompaniment.