How to make masoor dal bhapa/steamed red lentil
Masoor dal is one of the favorite dal of Bengali,so they always try to make some variation to get rid of boredom. Soaked masoor dal grinded with garlic,green chili and steam it for 20 minutes ,this is How to make masoor dal bhapa/steamed red lentil. This recipe goes well with steam rice and fish curry.
Author: Abhijit Mukhopadhyay
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Bengali
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Total time: 40 minutes
Servings: 2 Persons
Ingredients
One cup soaked red lentil/masoor dal
Onion -01(chopped)
Garlic- 5-6 cloves
Green chili-2-3 silted
Mustard oil –two tea spoon
Salt to taste
How to make masoor dal bhapa/steamed red lentil
Wash masoor dal and soaked for one hour
Take a blender and add dal, green chili, garlic , salt and make a smooth paste.
Now pour this paste to a steel Tiffin box with tight cover and mix it with onion add green chili ,sprinkle mustard oil over it.
Now after adding and mixing the paste, close the box and put it in a pressure cooker or any deep vessel after keeping a stand, add 2 cup water in the vessel and close the lid.
Let it allow cooking for 20 minutes or if in a pressure cooker, just giving one whistle, and wait to release the pressure.
Take it out from the vessel and open the box garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with steam rice and fish curry.