Methi Masoor Dal Recipe With Whole Masoor

Name: Methi Masoor Dal Recipe With Whole Masoor
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Red Lentils (1 cup Masoor Dal (Whole)); 200 g Fenugreek Leaf (200 grams Methi Leaves (Fenugreek Leaves) cleaned chopped); ¼ tsp Asafoetida (1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)); 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)); 1 piece Yellow Onion (1 Onion thinly sliced); 1 piece Tomato (1 Tomato chopped); 1 piece Green Chili (1 Green Chilli slit); 2 tsp Ground coriander (2 teaspoons Coriander Powder (Dhania)); ½ tsp Ground Turmeric (1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); ½ tsp Red Chili Powder (1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 1 tbsp Clarified Butter (1 tablespoon Ghee)

Methi Masoor Dal Recipe With Whole Masoor - Dal Recipes (Indian)

40 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To prepare the Methi Masoor Dal Recipe, first wash and soak the masoor dal in 3 cups of water for at least 30 minutes. While the dal is soaked clean, wash and pat dry the fenugreek leaves.
2Next, finely chop the methi leaves. Heat a teaspoon of oil in a wok or a kadai and add the chopped methi leaves into the wok.
3Saute the methi leaves, until it gets softened. Methi leaves cooks very quickly and this will take less than a minute to cook. Once the leaves have softened, turn off the heat. Keep it aside.
4In the next step, we will cook the masoor dal with the spices. Heat ghee in a pressure cooker over medium heat. Add asafoetida and cumin seeds and allow it to crackle.
5Next add onion and saute till they turn soft. Once the onions have softened, add the chopped tomato, green chilli along with coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and saute for a minute or so over medium heat.
6Add soaked masoor dal along with the soaked water to the onion tomato mixture. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and put the weight on.
7Cook masoor dal for 3 whistles. After a couple of whistles, turn the heat to low and simmer the dal for about 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, turn off the heat. Allow the pressure to release naturally from the pressure cooker.
8Once the pressure has released, open the cooker and lightly mash the masoor dal with the back of a spoon. Stir in the sautéed methi leaves and serve.
9Serve the Methi Masoor Dal Recipe along with Tawa Paratha Recipe, Baby corn and Carrot Sabzi Recipe to make it a wholesome Indian diabetic friendly dinner.