Dal Shorba Recipe - Indian Style Lentil Soup
A vegetarian North Indian Recipes recipe with yellow moong dal (split), onion, cloves garlic. Ready in 25 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
Instructions
18 steps- 1
To begin making Dal Shorba (Lentil Soup), we have to first wash the moong dal
yellow moong dal (split)(1/4 cup) - 2
Next, pressure cook the moong dal for 2 whistles or boil by adding enough water until it is cooked soft
yellow moong dal (split)(1/4 cup)water(2 cups) - 3
Release the pressure naturally
- 4
Once cooked, mash the dal well or puree it with hand blender
- 5
Keep aside
- 6
Heat a pan with teaspoon of oil, add finely chopped onion and garlic
onion(1)cloves garlic(6) - 7
Saute until translucent
- 8
Pour the mashed dal along with 2 cups of water
water(2 cups) - 9
Add required amount of salt, turmeric powder, ginger powder, pepper powder and red chili powder
dry ginger powder(1/2 teaspoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/4 teaspoon)red chilli powder(1/3 teaspoon)black pepper powder(1/2 teaspoon)salt - as required - 10
Mix well and simmer the flame for 2-3 minutes stirring it occasionaly and ensuring that the dal is not sticking to the bottom
- 11
Once done, switch off and add lemon juice
lemon juice(1 teaspoon) - 12
Mixe well and keep it aside
- 13
To prepare the tempering, add a teaspoon of oil in a tadka pan
- 14
Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and allow it to crackle
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon) - 15
Turn off the flame
- 16
Pour this tempering over the Dal Shorba and garnish with chopped coriander leaves
coriander (dhania) leaves - for garnishing - 17
Transfer the soup into a bowl and garnish it with cream or crushed cumin seeds
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon) - 18
Serve Dal Shorba as a soup along with a starter like Achari Paneer Tikka and complete your North Indian Style lunch on a Sunday with Tawa Paratha and Aloo Baingan Ki Sabzi
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Dal Shorba Recipe - Indian Style Lentil Soup
A vegetarian North Indian Recipes recipe with yellow moong dal (split), onion, cloves garlic. Ready in 25 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
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Directions
18 steps- 1
To begin making Dal Shorba (Lentil Soup), we have to first wash the moong dal
yellow moong dal (split)(1/4 cup) - 2
Next, pressure cook the moong dal for 2 whistles or boil by adding enough water until it is cooked soft
yellow moong dal (split)(1/4 cup)water(2 cups) - 3
Release the pressure naturally
- 4
Once cooked, mash the dal well or puree it with hand blender
- 5
Keep aside
- 6
Heat a pan with teaspoon of oil, add finely chopped onion and garlic
onion(1)cloves garlic(6) - 7
Saute until translucent
- 8
Pour the mashed dal along with 2 cups of water
water(2 cups) - 9
Add required amount of salt, turmeric powder, ginger powder, pepper powder and red chili powder
dry ginger powder(1/2 teaspoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/4 teaspoon)red chilli powder(1/3 teaspoon)black pepper powder(1/2 teaspoon)salt - as required - 10
Mix well and simmer the flame for 2-3 minutes stirring it occasionaly and ensuring that the dal is not sticking to the bottom
- 11
Once done, switch off and add lemon juice
lemon juice(1 teaspoon) - 12
Mixe well and keep it aside
- 13
To prepare the tempering, add a teaspoon of oil in a tadka pan
- 14
Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and allow it to crackle
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon) - 15
Turn off the flame
- 16
Pour this tempering over the Dal Shorba and garnish with chopped coriander leaves
coriander (dhania) leaves - for garnishing - 17
Transfer the soup into a bowl and garnish it with cream or crushed cumin seeds
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon) - 18
Serve Dal Shorba as a soup along with a starter like Achari Paneer Tikka and complete your North Indian Style lunch on a Sunday with Tawa Paratha and Aloo Baingan Ki Sabzi
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