Split Red Lentils with Tomatoes

Name: Split Red Lentils with Tomatoes (Khatti Daal)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: Serves: 3-4 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ tsp Turmeric Powder; 3-4 Curry Leaves; 1 tsp Salt (or to taste); 3-4 Whole Dried Red Chillies; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; 2-3 Tomatoes; 3-4 tbsp Oil/Ghee; ½ tsp Garlic (crushed/powder); 1 cup Masoor Daal; 2-3 Green Chillies; 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder

Khatti Daal

Preparation info

Serves:
3-4
persons

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

VIRSA

By Shehar Bano Rizvi

Published 2021

About

Khatti daal is a staple daal from Hyderabad and gets its name because of the sour taste of tamarind in it. However, this recipe is Ammi’s version of what we call khatti daal. The taste isn’t as sharp as the Hyderabadi khatti daal because this recipe uses tomatoes instead of tamarind.

Ingredients

1 cup Masoor Daal
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
½

Asia
India
Telangana: Hyderabad
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Soak daal for half an hour or more.

Cook daal in 4 cups of water with salt, garlic, turmeric and red chilli powder.

When it boils, lower the heat and cover with the lid slightly open. When daal is half done, add tomatoes.

When done, blend with a hand blender (gh