Whole Masoor Dal Recipe (Brown Lentils Curry)

Ingredients

• Sesame oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  1 tsp, ground or 3g

• Red peppers

  Hot chili, raw

  100g

• Onions

  Canned, solids and liquids

  1 cup, chopped or diced or 224g

• Garlic

  Raw

  ½ tbsp or 4g

• Ginger

  Spices, ground

  ½ tbsp or 3g

• Tomatoes

  Orange, raw

  1 cup, chopped or 158g

• Lentils

  Sprouted, raw

  1 cup or 77g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  2 ½ cup or 592g

• Lime juice

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Cilantro

  Raw - Whole Foods Market

  2 serving, raw or 100g

• Turmeric

  Spices, ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.6g

• Coriander leaf

  Spices, dried

  1 tsp or 0.6g

• Chili powder

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Curry Paste, Garam Masala

  Patak's

  ³⁄₁₆ tablespoons or 8g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

Directions

1. Start the pressure cooker in saute mode and let it heat. Add oil and cumin seeds. Saute for 30 seconds.
2. When the cumin seeds change color, add green chili, onions, ginger and garlic. Saute for 3 minutes until the onions become golden brown while stirring frequently.
3. Add tomato and spices. Stir and saute for another 2 minutes.
4. Add the lentils, water and stir well. Press cancel and close lid with vent in sealing position.
5. Change the instant pot setting to manual or pressure cook mode at high pressure for 12 mins. After the instant pot beeps, let the pressure release naturally.
6. Open the pot. Add the lime juice and stir the dal.
7. Garnish with cilantro. Serve dal with roti, naan or rice.
8. For stovetop pressure cooker
9. Follow the same steps as above. Cook for 3-4 whistles (about 12 minutes) and let the pressure release naturally.
10. For stovetop in a pan
11. Follow the same steps until adding the lentis, and water. Add 1/2 cup more water. Cook on stovetop partly covered for 30-35 minutes until the lentils are cooked and soft. You might have to add more water as it evaporates in the pan.
12. Recipe by: Meeta Arora (source: https://pipingpotcurry.com/brown-lentil-masoor-dal-instant-pot/)

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