masoor ki dal recipe, Curried Brown Lentils

Sabut masoor dal or Curried Brown lentils is very delicious and actually considered as a signature North Indian recipe made from masoor. Sabut is a Hindi word of “whole” and masoor is known as ” Indian brown lentils” in English. This is a flavorful recipe that goes best with lachcha paratha, plain paratha, naan, roti and even with rice.

Lentils are as you know by now 😉 are an integral part of the Indian and Pakistani cuisine. The food culture of these two countries is very much similar. They were “one country” once but now a separate countries holding their true tradition of the food 🙂

So, today’s ingredient is “sabut Masoor” a.k.a “whole brown lentil”. they are a rich source of protein. health benefits of masoor dal below.

• Masoor dal contains high levels of proteins, including the essential amino acids isoleucine and lysine, and is an essential source of inexpensive protein in many parts of the world for those who adhere to a vegetarian diet or cannot afford meat.
• Apart from a high level of proteins, masoor dal also contains dietary fibre, Folate, vitamin B1, and minerals, all with virtually no fat.
• Masoor dal is rich in fibre but lesser than the percentage present in whole and husked dals.
• They are a good source of potassium and iron.

I was quite excited while making this dal recipe and it is again a recipe from my neighbor aunty. You know what, We don’t eat such dals in gujarat. I never had masoor dal in my childhood. We use moong dal, toor dal, chana dal and sometimes urad dal in our thalis. I still remember that Saturday was the day for urad dal and “rotla” in my home.

Some tips and tricks

To make this dal, I made sure to soak this lentil properly. I soaked my dal for 1 and a half hour before cooking. The benefit of quality soaking is the lentils take less time to cook and you will get a nice creamy texture of lentils at the end especially when you are preparing Indian dal recipes.

After soaking and boiling the dal, I just prepare a simple and flavorful Tadka using garlic and onion.I this recipe, I Add a generous amount of turmeric powder as compared to others. the reason is to get a nice darker color of the dal. Rest of the things are very much similar to make this dal 🙂

This rich masoor dal recipe one of the best choice for tiffin box because it goes best rice, roti and paratha.

Reasons to love this recipe,

• easy to prepare
• can be prepared under 30 mins 
• protein rich recipe
• best tiffin-box recipe
• perfect lunch recipe
• can be served with roti, rice  OR even with paratha
• ingredients are easily available
• delicious
• melting in mouth
• less spicy recipe

more dal recipes 🙂

• tomato dal recipe
• maharashtra amti dal recipe
• dal bukhara recipe
• panchmel dal recipe
• chana dal recipe
• moong dal fry recipe

How to make sabut masoor ki dal recipe?

1. Soak masoor dal for 45 mins at least before boiling.
2. transfer the soaked dal into pa ressure cooker.
3. add water.
4. pressure cook it for 4 whistles on medium flame.
5. heat oil in a pan.
6. add cumins.
7. add garlic and onion.
8. add green chili as well and saute for a while.
9. Add turmeric powder and cook it for 5 mins.
10. add tomatoes.
11. add red chili powder,coriander powder and salt.
12. cook the mixture until mushy.
13. add boiled masoor dal.
14. cook the mixture for 7-8 mins.
15. add some ghee on the top.
16. add kasoori methi.
17. mix and enjoy.