Sabut Masoor Dahl Tarka

Sabut Masoor Dal Tarka

Pooja Yadav

Sabut Masoor Dal is a delicious & wholesome Indian stew made from whole brown lentils cooked in a onion tomato gravy. It is a healthy dish that goes really pairs well with rice and phulkas.

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Cook Time 25 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup whole masoor dal(Indian Brown Lentils)
• 1 medium size
• 2-3 small ripened wine tomatoes
• 3-4 garlic cloves
• 1inch fresh ginger piece
• I tbsp clarified butter
• 1tsp salt or to taste
• 1tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp whole cumin
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1/4 tsp asafoetida
• 2-3 fresh green chillies

Instructions

 

• Wash and rinse whole masoor dal under cold running water till water becomes clear. Put cleaned whole masoor dal into pressure cooker.
• Add 2-3 cups of water in it along with Haldi (turmeric powder) and salt and mix well. Pressure cook it for 10-12 minutes till you hear 3-4 whistles from the cooker. Wait for the pressure cooker to cool down and open it when no steam is left. Dal should be soft, but not mushy.
• Heat some oil in a pan on medium heat. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter. Also put a pinch of heeng (asafoetida) in the pan
• Then add one medium sized chopped onion. Roast the onions for a couple of minutes.Add ginger, garlic paste and green chilli to the mixture. Cook till mixture becomes golden brown in color which indicates that onions have been thoroughly cooked.
• Add pureed or chopped tomatoes to the mixture. Fry it till the tomatoes are cooked and the gravy starts to get a good color.
• Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala and heeng (asafoetida). Salt and turmeric powder (haldi) was already added to the dal, so no need to add it again
• Slowly cook this till you see oil releasing from this masala mixture. Tomatoes and onions should have turned soft by now.
• Add cooked sabut masoor dal to this masala and mix it well. Simmer the dal for few minutes on low/medium flame. If dal is too thick, you can add water as required to get the right consistency. Also add salt to taste
• Garnish Sabut Masoor dal with kasuri methi or chopped coriander leaves. Dal is ready to be served with rice dish or rotis.

Sabut Masoor Dal Tarka is a healthy dish made from whole Masoor (brown-skinned whole lentils) which is cooked in an onion-tomato masala.
Sabut Masoor Dal is highly rich in proteins and fiber. It has an earthly flavor, is easy to digest and is very palatable.

Whole pulses are rich in nutrients, some of which are lost during splitting and skinning them. The top layer is rich in fibers and vitamins and thus from the angle of nutrition, whole pulses are a better choice.

Whole masoor dal is a lentil which is light brown in color from outside, and orange in color from inside (split masoor). Sabut masoor ki dal is usually made as a slightly thick curry. Some people also prefer to mash the dal to make its consistency thicker.