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Masoor Dal-Masoor Dal Tadka recipe

August 3, 2011 by PadhuSankar 37 Comments

Dal is a very simple and comforting everyday dish served with hot steaming rice or roti. Being a vegetarian, dal is almost a regular feature in my home. I prepare dal with different varieties of dal and masoor dal (red lentils) is one of my favourite dish. Today let us learn to prepare masoor dal tadka following this easy recipe.

Masoor Dal Tadka-dal tadka recipe

Masoor Dal Tadka-Dal Tadka


Masoor Dal Tadka-Dal Tadka

 Prep Time : 5 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Serves: 2-3
 Recipe Category: Dal Recipes-Main Course
 Recipe Cuisine: NOrth Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Masoor dal – 1/2 cup
   Green chilli – 1-2 finely chopped
   Onion (medium size) – 1 finely chopped
   Ginger – 1 inch piece finely chopped
   Garlic – 3 cloves
   Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
   Salt needed

   For the tadka (seasoning)

   Ghee /clarified butter – 3 tsp
   Mustard seeds-1 tsp
   Cumin seeds/jeera -1 tsp
   Hing – a pinch
   Chilli powder -1/2 tsp
   Curry leaves – few

Preparation


Soak dal for 15 minutes in hot water. Soaking saves a lot of time and energy.

Finely chop ginger, garlic, green chillies and onion.

Method


Pressure cook dal with enough water for 3 whistles, adding chilli, ginger, garlic, onion, salt and turmeric powder. Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and mash dal well. Add a cup of water and bring it to boil on medium flame.

In a pan, heat ghee, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add cumin seeds, hing, red chilli powder and curry leaves. Fry for a few seconds and pour it over the boiling dal. Remove from flame.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve piping hot with rice or chapati. Masoor dal is a fantastic side dish for chapati and plain hot steaming rice.

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Comments

  1. Sayantani

    August 4, 2011 at 9:53 am

    love masoor dal and will surely try your way.

    Reply
  2. Laxmi

    August 4, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Dal tadka is simply superb…

    Reply
  3. Zareena

    August 4, 2011 at 10:23 am

    Wow!!!! my favorite. Lovely colour.

    Reply
  4. Ambreen

    August 4, 2011 at 10:27 am

    That sounds delicious, simple & easy recipe.

    Reply
  5. Rachana

    August 4, 2011 at 10:28 am

    A delicious comfort food!

    Reply
  6. Ms.Chitchat

    August 4, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Comfort dal, beautifully prepared, looks nice too.

    Reply
  7. Priti

    August 4, 2011 at 11:35 am

    One of my fav …looks so gud

    Reply
  8. Paaka Shaale

    August 4, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    Dal tadka is my favourite. Loved your version Padhu 🙂

    Reply
  9. Premalatha Aravindhan

    August 4, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    wow delicious,luks yum…

    Reply
  10. Saraswathi Iyer

    August 4, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Looks yummy.

    Reply
  11. Prathima Rao

    August 4, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    A comforting, simple & delicious dal!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  12. Gopika Ram

    August 4, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    I have a packet of masoor dal athome.. Now I have a new recipe too 😀 great 🙂

    Reply
  13. SavithaRaj's Spice Land

    August 4, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    Looking delicious…
    savitharajsspiceland.blogspot.com

    Reply
  14. Nithya

    August 4, 2011 at 6:38 pm

    Perfect accompaniment for roti 🙂

    Reply
  15. Reshmi Mahesh

    August 4, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    Looks delicious..

    Reply
  16. Uma

    August 4, 2011 at 7:34 pm

    Yummy. First choice of food. It is our usual food at home too. We used to add tomato with this recipe.

    Cheers
    Uma

    Reply
  17. schmetterlingwords

    August 4, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    An all time favourite comfort food. Love it with ghee and rice 🙂

    Reply
  18. Chandrani Banerjee

    August 5, 2011 at 7:34 am

    Masoor dal tadka looks creamy…

    Reply
  19. priya

    August 5, 2011 at 7:50 am

    looks so tempting

    Reply
  20. Sutapa

    August 5, 2011 at 8:20 am

    A very comfy food you share today ….awesome!

    Reply
  21. Kaveri

    August 5, 2011 at 8:31 am

    Dal Tadka – hubby's favorite….looks yummy..

    Reply
  22. Babli

    August 5, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    Dal tadka looks yummy and fabulous. Perfect with chapati.

    Reply
  23. Chaitanya

    August 8, 2011 at 6:56 pm

    simple tsaty and fabulous
    http://www.rajafood.blogspot.com

    Reply
  24. Positive Personality

    June 12, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    i made your recipe..Itzzz great thanx for ur recipe

    Reply
  25. Blesso

    March 8, 2014 at 4:41 pm

    Hi I tried your rava idli today it was really soft and delicious thanks for the many other recipes also

    Reply
  26. renuka

    September 24, 2015 at 6:26 pm

    1. Shall I use unsalted butter instead of ghee in this recipe and also in making rava kesari ? I bought unsalted butter (in that package it is mentioned Great for Ghee )

    2. what is meant by clarified butter ?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 26, 2015 at 5:50 am

      Yes you can add unsalted butter instead of ghee. For rava kesari you have to add only ghee. Clarified butter is ghee . You have written that it is mentioned " it is great for ghee in the unsalted butter package". You should make ghee out of the butter. You can refer my how to make ghee from butter post . It is under cooking basics page. You had also asked if you can make chapati after keeping the dough at room temperature for 1 hours- Yes you can make. Hope I have cleared all your doubts.

      Reply
  27. renuka

    September 28, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    Yes you had cleared all my doubts Mam.. Thanks a lot .. I tried many recipes from your blog.. Its very useful to me .. Keep it up 🙂 If I get any doubts further, I will notify u .

    Reply
  28. srilalitha maheshwaran

    October 8, 2015 at 8:19 am

    When the dal is red in color… does it turn yellow after being cooked?? or is it because of the turmeric?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 10, 2015 at 9:35 am

      Yes it turns yellow and looks like moong dal after cooking. Even if turmeric powder is not added, it will not be orange after cooking.

      Reply
  29. Revathi

    April 23, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    Hi Padhu, could you please tell me if I need to pressure cook for one whistle or 3? Thanks,

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 24, 2016 at 10:18 am

      Pressure cook for 3 whistles.Make sure there is enough water to prevent the dal from getting burnt.

      Reply
  30. Unknown

    September 2, 2016 at 2:57 pm

    Hi… Just tried out the recipe. Turned out to be very tasty. Thanks

    Reply
  31. sam

    January 6, 2017 at 3:49 pm

    It was awesome. Got addicted to it when I made for chappathi.

    Reply
  32. Sridhar

    September 5, 2018 at 11:07 pm

    If I don't have a pressure cooker, can I just cook the dal in a covered pan with enough water (and chilli, ginger, garlic, onion, salt and turmeric powder)? How long will it take to cook this way?

    Thanks, Sridhar

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 6, 2018 at 8:51 am

      Except tur dal, other dal gets cooked faster. Soak masoor dal in hot water for 15 minutes.Then cook covered in a pan. It will take 15-20 minutes.

      Reply
  33. sanjay

    August 6, 2021 at 3:36 am

    tried this tonight, it came out really well! thanks as always padhu!

    Reply

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