Masoor dal soup (red lentil soup) Recipe

Ingredients

• Masoor dal 1/2 cup (wash and soak it for 3-4 hours before preparing soup)
• Chiken or mutton broth (yakhni) 4 cup
• Onion (piyaz) 1 medium cut into slices
• Garlic (lahsan) chopped 1 teaspoon
• Bay Leaf (taiz pat) 1
• Tomato (tamatar) 1 medium cut into slices
• Cooking Oil 2 tablespoon
• Carrot (gajar) 1
• Cumin (zeera) 1/2 teaspoon
• Black Pepper Powder (pisi kali mirch) 1/2 teaspoon
• Red Chili Powder (pisi lal mirch) 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt (namak) to taste
• Fresh Cream 1/2 cup or as needed
• Fresh coriander for garnishing

Directions

1. 1

   Put a pan on medium flame and add cooking oil in it.

2. 2

   Now add onion, garlic, carrots, bay leaf and tomatoes in it. combine everything and fry for 3-4 minutes.

3. 3

   Strain the water from masoor dal and add it into the fried masala after 3-4 minutes of frying. Mix it well.

4. 4

   Add salt, red chili powder, black pepper powder, cumin powder in dal and combine everything. Fry the masala for 1 minute and then add chicken broth in it.

5. 5

   Give everything a mix and then wait until the soup starts to boil. After the water starts to boil cover the pot and slow the flame. Let daal cook for 30-40 minutes until it gets tender completely.

6. 6

   Add fresh cream in the soup at this stage and mix it and turn off the flame.

7. 7

   Now blend daal well to give it a smooth soup consistency. Masoor dal soup is ready now.

8. 8

   Garnish the soup with fresh cream and coriander leaves while serving and enjoy the creamy masoor dal (red lentil) soup.