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Sabut Masoor ki Dal

Sabut masoor ki dal is punjabi style dal is punjabi style tadka dal. Sabut masoor or whole masoor dal cooked in pressure cooker till it acquires a creamy consistency and then tempered with punjabi tadka and topped with some homemade white butter.... Mmmm ! Just what makes it one of the soul satisfying dish to this dal loving Punjabi.
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 8 portion
Author: Rekha Kakkar

Ingredients

  • 200 g masoor dal
  • to taste salt
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder red
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 tablespoon butter white
  • ¼ cup milk whole
  • 1 tablespoon ghee for tempering
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • ¼ cup onion chopped
  • 2 tomato chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon kasuri methi dried

Instructions

  • Clean whole Masoor dal, wash then soak dal in water for few hours.
  • Discard the water in which dal was soaked and wash the dal/lentil once again.
  • Put the Masoor dal in a pressure cooker, add 4 cups of water, and salt, red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Close the lid of pressure cooker and place the dal on the gas to cook.
  • After 1 whistle reduce the heat to the lowest and cook dal for another 2 whistles. Turn off the heat, and wait until all of the pressure escapes from the cooker.
  • In the meanwhile prepare the tempering for sabut masood dal.
  • In a small tadka pan heat up the ghee and add chopped green chilli, ginger and chopped onion. Cook them till onion are light brown.
  • Now add chopped tomatoes and cook the tomatoes till they are pulpy, add garam masala and kasuri methi and mix well. Switch off the heat.
  • Now When pressure is released from cooker, open the lid, stir in the milk and mix it well.
  • Pour the hot tempering in the pressure cooked dal.
  • Mix it well and serve it in a big bowl. Serve hot with a dollop of white butter along with fresh hot paratha or steamed rice.

Notes

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