Masoor Dahl (Red Lentil Curry) with Rice
Masoor Dahl (Red Lentil Curry) with Rice

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, masoor dahl (red lentil curry) with rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Masoor Dahl (Red Lentil Curry) with Rice is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Masoor Dahl (Red Lentil Curry) with Rice is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Masoor dal is the same thing as red lentils, which are popular and easy to find at many grocery stores in the US. Masoor dal is a spiced Indian lentil dish that's equal parts flavorful and cozy; serve with rice or naan bread for dipping. Now, on to this masoor dal!

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook masoor dahl (red lentil curry) with rice using 18 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Masoor Dahl (Red Lentil Curry) with Rice:
  1. Make ready 1 cups lentils (red kind)
  2. Prepare 4 cups water
  3. Get 2 onion
  4. Get 2 tomato
  5. Take to taste Ginger root
  6. Get cloves Garlic to taste
  7. Make ready Ground cumin
  8. Prepare Ground garam masala
  9. Prepare Ground coriander
  10. Take Ground cardamom
  11. Get Chili powder
  12. Get Cayenne pepper
  13. Take Ground turmeric
  14. Get Salt
  15. Prepare Ghee or oil
  16. Make ready Fresh Coriander
  17. Make ready Ground cinnamon
  18. Make ready 1 cup rice

Flavorful, tasty and nutritious red lentil recipe. Masoor dal is one of the most commonly used lentils in Indian. This is a rich and hearty lentil curry, great as a main meal rather than as a side dish like the more traditional Indian dhal. This dish is great served with basmati rice.

Steps to make Masoor Dahl (Red Lentil Curry) with Rice:
  1. Wash and rinse the rice. Then cook your rice per package directions and set aside. While rice is cooking wash and rinse your lentils then set aside
  2. Dice onion garlic ginger tomato and set aside
  3. In a bowl, proportion your spices to taste and set aside. I usually lead with turmeric and cumin as 11/2tsp ea followed by the rest at 1/4 to 1/2 tsp ea. You could just use a curry powder if you want. Proportion to taste. I used a curry powder (big pile on white cutting board) in the below photo along with some other spices. I did use a measuring spoon because it makes cool little piles)
  4. Heat ghee or oil in a pot then saute the onion until brown over medium high heat
  5. Add garlic and ginger to pot then saute for another 1 minutes or so
  6. Add diced tomato and saute for another 2 minutes or so
  7. Add spices and mix into the masala and let them cook for 1 minute or so
  8. Add lentils and mix until coated in spices
  9. Add water, start with 2 cups in and then bring to boil then turn heat down and simmer covered for 20 to 30 minutes. Make sure to check it and give it a stir every so often. Add additional water as needed to form your desired consistency. (Blury photo)
  10. Chop the coriander then add to the pot. Reserve some leaves to add to each serving. Below photo was taken before I added some coriander to my bowl
  11. You can do the same thing with chickpeas (channa dahl) just follow direction for preparing/cooking dried chickpeas or use canned version. I prefer the dried pulses.
  12. You can also omit the pulse and just add chicken and potato to make a chicken curry dish. I guess that is another receipe…lol

Indian Red Lentils called Masoor Dhal are mixed with rice to create this colorful, filling and nutritious one pot dish. Quick to make and easy to put Lentils of all sizes, shapes, flavors and textures sit in my pantry. Being a vegetarian, its needless to say, Lentils do form a large part in our day to day diet. Brown Masoor dal lentils are the unpeeled and unsplit orange-red masoor dal lentils. The red split lentils cook faster because they hardly need soaking and We love our spicy lentils with cooked rice or flatbread in a bowl.

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