Recipe: Yummy Masoor Dal OR Red lentils

Masoor Dal OR Red lentils.

You can cook Masoor Dal OR Red lentils using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Masoor Dal OR Red lentils

1. Prepare 1 cup of red lentils / masoor Dal.
2. It's 2 tsp of Oil.
3. Prepare to taste of Salt.
4. It's 1 TSP of turmeric powder.
5. Prepare 1 TSP of cumin and coriander powder.
6. You need 1.1 of /2 TSP red chilli powder or to your taste.
7. You need 3 cloves of garlic sliced.
8. You need 1 TSP of cumin seeds.
9. It's 3 cups of water.
10. You need of Fresh coriander leaves to garnish.

Masoor Dal OR Red lentils step by step

1. In a pot heat the oil on high flame and add the cumin seeds.it should brown straight away so add the garlic and reduce the heat or your garlic will burn.in a small bowl combine all the dry spices and add a little bit of water to make a paste and when your garlic is golden brown add the spice paste..
2. Cook the spices for about a minute.by adding the water to your spices it will stop it from burning.and gives it enough time to cook and lose the row taste of the spice..
3. Add the Dal/ lentils and the water and cook it covered until it's done.(If you are cooking in a pot you might need more water.You can adjust the water by adding some if it's to thick.or reduce the amount of water by cooking some more if it's to thin.) sprinkle with coriander leaves and serve hot..
4. Note:- if you have a preser cooker this Dal is done in 15 minutes.if not it will take some were between 30-45 minutes depending on the water hardness..