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Methi Masoor Dal Recipe With Whole Masoor

Methi Masoor Dal Recipe With Whole Masoor

By Admin
Prep Time Total in 40 M
Course Lunch
Cuisine North Indian Recipes
Diet High Protein Vegetarian

Methi Masoor Dal Recipe is a delicious lentil curry made with whole Masoor dal and fresh fenugreek leaves. This recipe is a healthy choice for the intake of everyday protein and is also packed with vitamins and minerals.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Masoor Dal (Whole)
  • 200 grams Methi Leaves (Fenugreek Leaves)
  • cleaned chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
  • 1 Onion
  • thinly sliced
  • 1 Tomato
  • chopped
  • 1 Green Chilli
  • slit
  • 2 teaspoons Coriander Powder (Dhania)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
  • Salt
  • to taste
  • 1 tablespoon Ghee

Instructions

Step 1

To prepare the Methi Masoor Dal Recipe, first wash and soak the masoor dal in 3 cups of water for at least 30 minutes

Step 2

While the dal is soaked clean, wash and pat dry the fenugreek leaves

Step 3

Next, finely chop the methi leaves

Step 4

Heat a teaspoon of oil in a wok or a kadai and add the chopped methi leaves into the wok

Step 5

Saute the methi leaves, until it gets softened

Step 6

Methi leaves cooks very quickly and this will take less than a minute to cook

Step 7

Once the leaves have softened, turn off the heat

Step 8

Keep it aside

Step 9

In the next step, we will cook the masoor dal with the spices

Step 10

Heat ghee in a pressure cooker over medium heat

Step 11

  Add asafoetida and cumin seeds and allow it to crackle

Step 12

Next add onion and saute till they turn soft

Step 13

 Once the onions have softened, add the chopped tomato, green chilli along with coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and saute for a minute or so over medium heat

Step 14

Add soaked masoor dal along with the soaked water to the onion tomato mixture

Step 15

Close the lid of the pressure cooker and put the weight on

Step 16

Cook masoor dal for 3 whistles

Step 17

After a couple of whistles, turn the heat to low and simmer the dal for about 5 minutes

Step 18

After 5 minutes, turn off the heat

Step 19

Allow the pressure to release naturally from the pressure cooker

Step 20

Once the pressure has released, open the cooker and lightly mash the masoor dal with the back of a spoon

Step 21

Stir in the sautéed methi leaves and serve

Step 22

Serve the Methi Masoor Dal Recipe along with Tawa Paratha Recipe, Baby corn and Carrot Sabzi Recipe to make it a wholesome Indian diabetic friendly dinner

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