Name: The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup)
Ingredients: 1 To pressure cook; 3/4 cup masoor dal; 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp fennel seed powdered; 1/4 tsp cumin seed powdered; 2 cups water; to taste salt; 2 To Garnish; 1 number green chilli pepper slitted; 2 numbers tomato chopped; 1 tsp chopped ginger; 2 tsps chopped garlic; 1 number onions diced; 2 tsps coriander leaves chopped; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp black pepper ground; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1/4 tsp cumin powder; 2 tbsps sunflower oil; 2 numbers clove; 2 numbers cardamom; 1 number cinnamon stick; to taste salt

The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup).

You can cook The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup) using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup)

You need 1 of To pressure cook.
It's 3/4 cup of masoor dal.
You need 1/2 tsp of asafoetida powder.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
It's 1/4 tsp of fennel seed powdered.
You need 1/4 tsp of cumin seed powdered.
You need 2 cups of water.
You need to taste of salt.
You need 2 of To Garnish.
It's 1 number of green chilli pepper slitted.
Prepare 2 numbers of tomato chopped.
It's 1 tsp of chopped ginger.
You need 2 tsps of chopped garlic.
You need 1 number of onions diced.
You need 2 tsps of coriander leaves chopped.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of black pepper ground.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
It's 1/4 tsp of cumin powder.
It's 2 tbsps of sunflower oil.
Prepare 2 numbers of clove.
You need 2 numbers of cardamom.
It's 1 number of cinnamon stick.
It's to taste of salt.

The Masoor Dal curry (Lentil Soup) instructions

Wash the dal. Add the ingredients 1 to pressure cooker. Keep it in medium flame..
After the first whistle, keep for another 8 minutes in low flame. Switch it off and wait until the full pressure is released..
Meanwhile, you can prepare the garnish..
First, put the pan on the stove. Pour oil. When hot, add clove, cardamom, cinnamon, onion, garlic, ginger, chilli..
Saute it until onion turn transparent and soft. Add the Masala mix and stir till the aroma of the masala comes out..
To it add the tomatoes, stir until it is soft and the juices evapourate..
Add a pinch of salt. Note that you have already added salt in pressure cooked ingredients. So add salt accordingly..
To the pressure cooked dal, add the garnish and bring it to boil. Add coriander leaves..
Now it is ready to be served. It goes well with Chapathi/roti/basmati rice..