kali masoor daal

                                 Kali  Masoor Daal 

 kali massor daal 

My mother  was  very fond of kali masoor daal ,which she  preferred to enjoy in the season of  summer with  plain rice  and  onion -lemon salad. she used to advise us that ... 

"The combination of  ingredients  is the key of cooking  delicious  food." 

I always remember  this piece of advice while cooking, whether It is  Daal or meat or anything special. Here is the recipe of  kali masoor daal from  My  mother's  kitchen which  you will surely find very tasty.

 kali masoor with ingredients

For 2- people
Ingredients-

• Kali masoor daal - 1 cup (soaked in water for 1/2 hour  )
• Salt -1/4 tea spoon
• Red chili powder- 1/4 tea spoon
• Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon
• Mango powder-1pinch /Taramind-1 piece
• Onion- 1 small ( chopped)
• Garlic-4 clove ( chopped) 
• Garam masala- 1 pinch
• Rosted zeera powder-1 pinch

Method- 

Put  water  soaked kali masoor daal  in pressure  cooker with 2 cup of water, salt, chopped onion, taramind , chopped garlic clove, turmeric and chili powder   and bring  it  to  3 whistle on the low flame . Turn  off  the heat,  and  let the pressure cooker  lid  open . check.... if  daal  has turned soft... and well cooked,  If it is done , mix it well as there should be no lump. If daal consistency  is too thick ,   mix  some water to get the required consistency and adjust the salt .  Bring it to boil again After boiling the daal  turn off the heat and  prepare the  baghaar for daal.

onion- lemon- salad

For Seasoning / Baghaar 

Ingrediants-

• Pure ghee-  1 table spoon
• Red chili ( broken)-2 
• Garlic Clove-2 (chopped) 

Method-

Heat  pure ghee or cooking  oil on the low flame, add chopped garlic clove and  broken  red chili , when it  turn   golden brown ,pour out  this  baghaar in  kali  masoor  daal... . Enjoy delicious   kali masoor  daal  with  roti , rice  and onion- lemon-green chili salad.

 kali massor daal

Happy Cooking!!!
Arshia Zaidi