Sabut Masoor Dal

Sabut Masoor Dal

Ingredients

Whole red lentil (sabut masoor dal) 1 cup
Onion (payaz) rings 1 big
Garlic (lahsan) cloves 4-5
Whole red chilli (sabut lal mirch) 2
Red chilli (lal mirch) powder ½ tea spoon
Cinnamon (dal chini) 1”
Green cardamom (chhoti elaichi) 2
Cloves (laung) 2-3
Salt (namak) to taste
Curd (dahi) 2 table spoon
Cream (malai) 4 table spoon
Clarified butter (ghee) 2 table spoon
Vegetable oil 4 table spoon

Instructions

  1. Soak the lentil for 5-6 hours.
  2. Heat vegetable oil in a pan and deep fry onion rings in it. Once it becomes brown remove it from flame and keep aside.
  3. Once it is soaked, take it in a cooker add half of the fried onion along with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, red chilli and salt.
  4. Add 3 cups of water and boil it till one whistle comes. Now slow down the flame and let it cook for 15 minutes.
  5. Put the flame off and let it become cool.
  6. Once it is cooled, now remove the lid and again put on the flame.
  7. Mix curd and cream together and add it in the boiling lentil.
  8. Now heat clarified butter in another pan, add garlic and whole red chilli into it.
  9. Add this to the boiling lentil and also add the remaining fried onions into it.
  10. Serve “ Sabut Masoor Dal” hot with Roti or Nan.

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