Tok Dal Recipe (Bengali Style Masoor Dal)

Name: Tok Dal Recipe (Bengali Style Masoor Dal)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 piece Mango (1 Mango (Raw) tender and medium sized); 1 cup Red Lentils (1 cup Masoor Dal (Whole)); 1 tsp Ground Turmeric (1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 2 pieces Green Chili (2 to 4 Green Chillies — up to 4); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 1 tbsp Mustard Oil (1 tablespoon Mustard oil); 1 piece Bay Leaves (1 Bay leaf (tej patta)); 2 pieces Red Chili (2 Dry Red Chilli); 1 tsp Panch Phoran (1 teaspoon Panch Phoran Masala)

Tok Dal Recipe (Bengali Style Masoor Dal) - Dal Recipes (Indian)

55 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making the Tok Dal recipe, peel and slice the mangoes, along with the seed if possible. Wash and soak masoor dal for half an hour.
2Pressure cook mango, dal, turmeric and slit green chillies together till the dal is cooked. Mangoes should still hold the shape and not be overcooked.
3Once the cooker is cooled, open the lid and mash just the dal a little.
4In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the mustard oil. Add bay leaf, paanch phoran and red chilly to it. Let it crackle.
5Add the cooked dal and 1/2 cup water to the tempering.
6Add salt to taste and boil till the dal thickens.
7Once it is done, switch off the stove an it is ready to be served.
8Tangy, creamy and light, Tok dal goes best with steamed rice and a dollop of ghee.