Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, masoor dal tadka (tempered red lentil curry). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Masoor tadka dal is a delicious Indian lentil curry made with red lentils. It's easy to make, flavorful, and healthy as well as naturally vegan and gluten free! It can be made with cream and butter, or with a simple tempering of spices.
Masoor Dal Tadka (Tempered Red Lentil Curry) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Masoor Dal Tadka (Tempered Red Lentil Curry) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook masoor dal tadka (tempered red lentil curry) using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Masoor Dal Tadka (Tempered Red Lentil Curry):
- Prepare 1/2 cup masoor dal (red lentils), soaked in water for 30 minutes
- Take 2 tbs oil
- Take 1 onion, chopped
- Make ready 1 tbsp. ginger-garlic paste
- Get 1 tomato, chopped
- Get 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- Make ready to taste salt
- Prepare 1 tsp. cumin powder
- Prepare 1 tsp. coriander powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
- Make ready 1 tsp. panch phoron / cumin seeds
- Make ready 1 tsp. garlic, chopped
- Prepare 1 tsp. red chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp. coriander leaves
Making masoor dal (authentic red lentil curry) at home is SO much easier than you think. This is a favorite recipe that's loved by everyone who tries it. Dal, or stewed lentils, is so ingrained in Pakistani and Indian culture that you'd be hard-pressed to find a pantry in the Indian Subcontinent without some. The literal translation of Dal Tadka is Dal=lentil and tadka=tempering.
Steps to make Masoor Dal Tadka (Tempered Red Lentil Curry):
- Heat 1 tbsp. oil and fry the onions till light brown. Add the ginger-garlic paste and saute for a minute.
- Then add the tomatoes and all the dry spices.
- Sprinkle some water & continue to fry on a medium flame till it is mashed.
- Add the soaked dal and saute for a minute.
- Add 1 1/2 cups water & pressure cook for 10 minutes on a medium flame after the first whistle.
- Heat the remaining oil and temper with panch phoron. After it stops - spluttering, add the garlic and fry till it changes colour. Switch off the - flame and add the red chilli powder.
- Mix well and pour this tempering on the boiled dal. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice or chapattis.
Tadka or chaunk (in hindi) is a term we often use in Indian cooking for the process of adding seasoning to a dish. Masoor dal translates as "red lentils" in Hindi. So a dal doesn't refer to a specific dish, but to actual legumes! This dal tadka is not just a regular dal. There is a simple trick that I have which makes sure it's a garlicky, smoky dal tadka that is unforgettable!
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