Masala Dal Recipe

This 30 Minutes Masala Dal recipe is an Authentic tasty Indian Spiced Lentils made with toovar dal or toor dal(pigeon pea lentils) and cooked with spices, tomatoes, onions, and garlic. It is a very flavorful and comforting dish.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Keyword Masala Dal Recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 1.14kcal

Author Puja

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup toovar dal
3 onion thinly sliced
2 tomato
3 green chilli
1 inch ginger
10-15 garlic cloves
1 tsp turmeric powder
1/3 tsp garam masala powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/3 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds jeera
coriander leaves handful
salt to taste
3 tbsp oil
water as needed

Instructions

Add toovar dal and water in a pressure cooker and cook until done.
Now heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds.
When the seeds starts spluttering add cumin seeds.
Now add onion and fry until golden brown.
Then add ginger-garlic paste and green chilli, saute until the raw smell goes.
Then add chopped tomato and salt. Cook until translucent.
Then add turmeric powder, garam masala powder and garam masala powder.
Cook until the raw smell of masala goes off.
Now add cooked dal and water as needed. Mix well.
Add lots of chopped coriander leaves. Mix.
Your Masala dal is ready to serve.
Serve hot with plain rice or roti.

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