Recipe by Hooked on Heat
Description[]
Lentils with a Spicy Tempering
Ingredients[]
- 1 cup red lentils (lal masoor)
- 2 cups water
- 1 small onion sliced
- 2 – 3 green chillies, chopped
- 1 medium-sized tomato, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, sliced
- salt, to taste
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp fennel seeds (saunf)
- a pinch of asafoetida powder (hing)
- 1 tbsp ghee
Directions[]
- Boil lentils with onions, tomato, green chillies, garlic and turmeric powder till lentils soften and pulp. Add salt and stir well.
- In a small frying pan, make tempering by heating ghee and frying cumin seeds, fennel seeds, red chili powder and asafoetida powder till it all starts to sizzle.
- Add tempering into dal and stir well.
- Serve warm over rice.
Recipe by Hooked on Heat[]
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