Musuri Dal

Musuri dal or Masoor dal is a comforting and delicious red lentil cooked with Bengali style and is quite popular in the state. They say Bengali can’t live without their fish and masoor dal.The flavorful tempering of paanch phoran makes it more delicious and inviting.

We make our Punjabi style masoor dal with the tadka of hing ,garlic and lots of tomatoes.This Bengali style taste totally different with the tempering of paanch phoran. It tastes best with steaming hot rice and luchi also.I made the recipe again fro Sandeepa’s space and loved the recipe.This is one such easy and comforting dal when you just want to eat something delicious but don’t want to put much efforts.Just put the dal in pressure cooker ,sit drink coffee or juice and enjoy.

Blogging Marathon#63 Day 13
Cuisine-Bengali
Dish-Musuri Dal
Source–Here

Ingredients:
1 cup red lentil/masoor dal
1 tomato,chopped
1 onion,thinely sliced
2 green chilles,chopped
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
salt to taste
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon paanch phoran
few coriander leaves,chopped
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon oil

Method:
Wash the dal a couple of times.Cook it with 3 cups of water and turmeric powder in pressure cooker for 1-2 whistles.
Once cooked remove the steam and set aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add paanch phoran. Now add onions.Cook till light brown in color.
Add in chopped tomatoes and green chilli. Cook until tomatoes are soft.
Add salt and sugar.Stir and add cooked dal. Combine well and cook for 2-3 minutes more on until you get desired thickness.
Remove from heat and add lemon juice and coriander leaves.

Serve hot with steamed rice.

Serve-4 Cooking time-30 minutes

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