MASOOR DAL CURRY

When you don’t have time and want a curry that is both healthy and tasty and gets done really fast, then this curry is ideal for you. It gets cooked in about 10 minutes and needs preparation time of just 5 minutes.




Ingredients

1 cup Masoor dal (Red Lentil)

2 tomatoes chopped

1 onion chopped

5 cloves of garlic

2 tbsp oil

10 curry leaves

1 or 2 dry red chilli

Pinch of asafoetida

½ tsp Mustard seeds

½ tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp chilli powder

¼ tsp turmeric powder

½ tsp salt

Method

Take a pressure cooker; add the washed Masoor dal, tomatoes, garlic, chilli powder, turmeric powder and 1 cup water. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes or 1 whistle. Meanwhile heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, cumin seeds, dry red chilli, asafoetida, onions and salt and sauté till onions turn golden in colour. Then open the lid of the pressure cooker, coarsely mash the dal and add it to the pan. Mix well, check for salt, add ½ cup water and bring to a boil. Switch off the gas and serve hot with rice, dosa, idly or roti.