White Lentils (Black Gram Skinned and Split)

Name: White Lentils (Black Gram Skinned and Split) (Maash Daal)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves: 3-4 persons
Ingredients: 3-4 tbsp Oil/Ghee; ¼ cup Mint Leaves; 1 tsp Ginger (julienne); 2-3 Green Chillies (sliced); 2-3 Whole Dried Red Chillies; 1 medium Onion (sliced); 2 Whole Dried Red Chillies; 1 cup Maash Daal; ½ tsp Ginger Paste/Powder; 1 tsp Salt (or to taste)

Maash Daal

Preparation info

Serves:
3-4
persons

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

VIRSA

By Shehar Bano Rizvi

Published 2021

About

This recipe of dry maash daal is another family favourite! It’s the perfect accompaniment for dishes with gravy, such as koftay, qorma, etc. It is a quick, simple, and mild daal recipe that is equally loved by my daughter and husband.

Ingredients

1 cup Maash Daal
½ tsp Ginger Paste/Powder

Main course
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Soak daal for half an hour or more.

Cook daal in 2 cups of water with salt, ginger paste and dried whole red chillies.

When the daal is done, dry the remaining water on a high flame.

Fry onions and red chillies, and pour over daal as baghar.

Garnish with