Saturday, June 19, 2010

Masala Masoor Dal - मसाला मसूर दाल (Spicy Split Red Lentils)

Hello friends,


A Very Happy Father's Day to all my fellow bloggers and readers and their dads.


Here is a very simple dal, which is our family favorite in my mom's family and of course now my husband and mine too :) 


Usually we cook this along with Aloo Posto (recipe will follow soon) and that is like "the" combo we like.


I usually cook it on stove top (never used cooker for it as masoor dal is very quickly cooked). But, this time I wanted to use microwave through and through just to take part in MEC - Delicious Dals event, which was originally started by Srivalli.


Masala Masoor Dal - मसाला मसूर दाल  (Spicy Split Red Lentils)


Ingredients
Masoor Dal (Split Red Lentils) - 1 cup
Water - 3 cups
Haldi (Turmeric Powder) - 1/2 tsp
Dhaniya (Coriander) Powder - 1 tsp
Jeera (Cumin) Powder - 1 tsp
Salt - as per taste
For Tempering
Jeera (Cumin Seeds) - 1 tsp
Rai (Mustard Seeds) - 1 tsp
Sabut Lal Mirch (Dry Red Chili) - 3-4, broken into pieces
Oil - 2 tsp
Preparation

  • Wash and drain dal.
  • Take dal in a microwave bowl with water, salt and haldi.
  • Cook it for about 15 min in microwave or till it is well cooked.
  • Now, take a small microave safe bowl and add everything under "For Tempering" and heat for 2 min.
  • Mix tempering in the cooked dal along with dhaniya and jeera powders and cook again in microwave for 5 min.

Serving
Serve it with roti or warm rice.



I am sending this to MLLA # 24 hosted by Diana and started by Susan.

 


That's all for now. Take care till next post.

25 comments:

Hamaree Rasoi said...

masala Masoor Dal looks awesome. Just add a few rotis and a complete meal is ready.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

subhashini said...

I feel like having with rice immediately this delicious dal.Looks yummy

Niloufer Riyaz said...

Loved the Dhal!! nice n easy way to prepare in Microwave

Jaisy James said...

looks so nice dear

divya said...

wow..mouth watering dear..

Satya said...

i love masoor dal ...we used to prepare it ,its everybody's favorite in our family....ur dal looks yummy..

Simplyfood said...

Masoor dhal looks lovely and tasty, I am impressed as its cooked in the microwave too.When ever I try to cook dhal in microwave it boils over and makes abig mess in microwave.

Unknown said...

nice and simple

Akanksha said...

hi,happy fathers day Priya...you have posted yummy recipes

Sushma Mallya said...

Simply delicious, love to have this with rice

Umm Mymoonah said...

Wow! very easy to make delicious dhal, love to have with roti's

Priya Suresh said...

Simple delicious and comforting dal..looks awesome..

Hayley said...

Our family favourite too..simple but yummy and healthy daal...!

SS blogs here said...

Lovely dal! I love to collect such simple recipes! Thanks, Priya!

Preeti Kashyap said...

Simple and delicious!

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

Happy Fathers day Priya.
Drooling here..wonderful n tasty recipe from you as always.

Nitha said...

Looks great dear..

Kanchan said...

Masoor tends to take a back seat in my dal section ... Need to try this variety ! Looks ekdum Masaledar !

Sanjeeta kk said...

Yes It does remind me of my hometown-Rajasthan! We make this dal often. Thanks for sharing.

Kiran said...

nice and healthy daal.

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said...

hubbys fav masooe dal...simple dal....loved ur microwave version...phulkas nad dal...yum....
@ur question-the kadhi i posted nt sure its gurathi...my mom prepares it this way...gujrathi kadhi is white and they add sugar if i m nt wrong...

Malar Gandhi said...

Comforting dhall, nothing cud match this masoor dhal.

PranisKitchen said...

Happy Fathers day..the masala dal curry look so delicious..nice side dish for chapathi..

Unknown said...



amazing! i found blog today. good blog ! masal daal tast, so good looks for delicious and tast so spicy. delicious spanch palak pakodi , thankyou for shearing this information with us
!chowringhee karol bagh

Unknown said...


awesome blog! This looks amazing with some homemade hummus I just put together the other night! spicy tast, thankyou for shearing this information with us!chowringhee satyaniketan

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