Toor Dal Recipe - Simple Green Masala
Simple and Delicious Toor Dal Recipe with green masala. Enjoy this with some rice or Rotis.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Toor Dal (soaked for 30 minutes)
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 medium Onion, chopped
- 1 Green Mango, peeled and sliced
- 1 small Tomato, chopped optional
- 1 lemon size ball Tamarind soaked in 1/2 cup water optional, if not adding green mango
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Oil for cooking
For the Green Masala Paste
- 1 cup Coriander leaves with stems
- Few mint leaves optional
- 5 to 6 Green Chillies
- 1 inch Ginger
- 5 to 6 Garlic flakes
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- ½ tsp Peppercorns
- ½ cup Freshly grated coconut
Instructions
How to Cook Toor Dal
- Wash the Toor dal and soak it for a couple of hours or at least 30 minutes.
- Heat a vessel and add 2 tbsp oil. When oil is hot add in a medium onion chopped and sauté until translucent.
- Fry this for a minute and then add in the soaked and drained dal and give it a mix. (Add 1 tomato if not adding mango). Cover and cook till done
- Next add the green masala paste and sliced green mango.
- Add water, just enough to cook the dal. Cover the vessel and cook till the mango softens. You could also cook the dal in a pressure cooker but for this recipe we want the dal to be well cooked but not mushy.
- If not adding mango - when the dal is cooked, add in the tamarind extract and simmer for 2 more minutes and then Turn off the heat.
- Toor Dal Recipe is ready. Enjoy with some steamed rice.
Notes
- Add chillies according to suit your spice level.
- Preferably, don't cook the dal in a pressure cooker, or else it may get mushy.
- Remove the scum while cooking the dal.
- Add tamarind if you do not have green mango.
- Add lemon juice or vinegar if you don't like tamarind.