Dal Shorba Recipe - Indian Style Lentil Soup

Name: Dal Shorba Recipe - Indian Style Lentil Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ¼ cup Yellow Moong Dal (1/4 cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split)); 1 piece Yellow Onion (1 Onion); 6 cloves Garlic (6 cloves Garlic); ½ tsp Ginger Powder (1/2 teaspoon Dry ginger powder); ¼ tsp Ground Turmeric (1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); ⅓ tsp Red Chili Powder (1/3 teaspoon Red Chilli powder); ½ tsp Black Pepper (1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder); 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)); 2 tsp Coconut Oil (2 teaspoons Coconut Oil); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt as required); 2 cup Water (2 cups Water); 1 tsp Lemon Juice (1 teaspoon Lemon juice); 0 pieces Cilantro (Coriander (Dhania) Leaves for garnishing)

Dal Shorba Recipe - Indian Style Lentil Soup - Soup Recipes (Indian)

25 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making Dal Shorba (Lentil Soup), we have to first wash the moong dal.
2Next, pressure cook the moong dal for 2 whistles or boil by adding enough water until it is cooked soft. Release the pressure naturally.
3Once cooked, mash the dal well or puree it with hand blender. Keep aside.
4Heat a pan with teaspoon of oil, add finely chopped onion and garlic. Saute until translucent.
5Pour the mashed dal along with 2 cups of water. Add required amount of salt, turmeric powder, ginger powder, pepper powder and red chili powder.
6Mix well and simmer the flame for 2-3 minutes stirring it occasionaly and ensuring that the dal is not sticking to the bottom.
7Once done, switch off and add lemon juice. Mixe well and keep it aside.
8To prepare the tempering, add a teaspoon of oil in a tadka pan. Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and allow it to crackle. Turn off the flame.
9Pour this tempering over the Dal Shorba and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
10Transfer the soup into a bowl and garnish it with cream or crushed cumin seeds.
11Serve Dal Shorba as a soup along with a starter like Achari Paneer Tikka and complete your North Indian Style lunch on a Sunday with Tawa Paratha and Aloo Baingan Ki Sabzi.