Pressure cooker is one of my best gadget in the kitchen. I cook lentil/bean dals, soups, sambar, non-veg curries, rice, pulav, biryani, Kheer in pressure cooker. Today I cooked delicious Dal with Whole masoor and green split peas. This combination was easy and quick One-Pot-Recipe. I made slight variation to this Dal by giving kalonji tadka (nigella seeds), it infused curry with nice aroma. I avoided using any masala powder but spiced it with ginger and green chilies. Green split peas bring mushed up texture and brown lentils stay intact yet soft and tender.
Ingredients :-
- 1 Cup Whole Masoor Dal (brown lentils) - picked and rinsed.
- 1/2 Cup Green split peas - picked and rinsed.
- 1 medium size onion - finely chopped. ( 1 cup yield)
- 1 inch piece of ginger - finely crushed
- 6-7 Garlic cloves - finely crushed
- 5-6 green chilies - finely crushed
- 1 large size tomato - diced
- 1 Tb.spoon oil
- 1 Cup fresh cilantro - finely chopped
- 1 T.spoon - turmeric powder
- 6-7 Cups water
- 1 Bay leaf - 2 inch long
- 1 T.spoon - Kalonji
- 5 cloves
Method of Cooking :-
- Thoroughly rinse masoor dal and green split peas - Soak them in 5 cups water. Keep it aside.
- Finely crush ginger,garlic and green chilies - Keep it aside.
- Heat 1 Tb.spoon oil in pressure cooker or pressure pan (4 liter size). Add Kalonji - let it sizzle for 20 seconds. Add bay leaf and cloves - Saute for 15-20 seconds.
- Add chopped onions - saute for 3-4 minutes on medium high heat.
- Add finely crushed ginger, garlic, green chilies - Mix with onions and stir fry for one minute.
- Pour in rinsed brown lentils and green split peas with total 5 cups water. Add 1 tspoon turmeric powder and salt. Leave it to simmer on high heat for 10 minutes.
- Once it reaches boiling point - close pressure cooker lid with whistle on top. Maintain medium high heat, after it blows two whistles and as pressure starts building for third whistle - shut off the gas. It is o.k if third whistle blows. Transfer pressure cooker on heat proof surface.
- Once it cools down transfer it back on stove. Add diced tomatoes, little chopped cilantro. Adjust salt level and add 1-2 cups water. Let it simmer on medium heat for 10-12 minutes without lid. Keep stirring at regular interval.
- Add remaining cilantro and shut off the heat. Enjoy with rice, roti or as delicious soup.
2 comments:
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dogfish , I am so glad to know that you stumbled on my blog and loved the mentioned picture of peas and lentils...sorry that I replied you late..you can use that picture as your icon in facebook. :)
I do have one more picture taken with slight different color background..Would you like to see that too?
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