Masoor Dal Curry (Red Lentil Curry)

I like to include different dals like Toovar,Moong, Masoor.. sometimes even Urad alternately in my day-today meals. One of my favourite dals is Masoor dal (Red lentils). This beautiful looking orange red dal is commonly used in North Indian cuisine. You can make out masoor dal being cooked in any household. It gives out a typical rich aroma..unique only to Masoor dal. This dal is easier to cook than the other dals. Soak it for ½ an hour and it gets cooked within 10-15 minutes.Masoor dal cooked in combination with tomatoes increases its flavour and is absolutely irresistible.

My Lunch yesterday- Masoor Dal curry, Stuffed Gilka with Rotis

For Masoor dal curry you need:

1 cup Masoor dal soaked in water for ½ an hour

Masoor Dal Curry (Red Lentil Curry)

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Ingredients

• 1 onion medium size chopped
• 2 tomatoes small red chopped
• xbd tsp cumene powder
• xbd tsp coriander powder
• xbd tsp red Chilli powder
• xbd tsp seeds cumene
• 1 tsp Ghee butter /
• 1 tsp oil
• Salt as per taste

Servings:

Instructions

1. In a pan heat the oil and butter. Add the cumene seeds and then the onion and fry till translucent. Add the tomatoes and fry for 2 minutes. Add the masalas- cumene, coriander, chilli powder and fry for xbd a minute.Add the soaked Masoor dal along with the water. Cover and cook till the Dal is done. It takes about 10-15 minutes for the dal to be cooked.Adjust the required consistency of the by adding or evaporating the water.
2. Masoor dal curry can be eaten with hot Rotis or hot steaming plain rice or Jeera rice(Cumene fried rice).I love to eat it as it is like a soup, with a spoonful of butter/ghee in it.