Pressure Cooker Instructions:
Wash lentils and soak for 30 minutes.
Drain the soaked lentils and place in a pressure cooker with about 1 - 1 ½ cup water.
Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder and garlic paste.
Stir, and put on pressure cook for 30 minutes. If you didn’t have time to soak the daal, you can add unsoaked daal and pressure cook for 45 minutes.
Release pressure and open the lid. Switch to saute / sear mode and whisk well or mash with a wooden spoon so that some of the lentil grains soften and break. soak the daal, you can add unsoaked daal and pressure cook for 45 minutes.
Release pressure and open the lid. Switch to saute / sear mode and whisk well or mash with a wooden spoon so that some of the lentil grains soften and break.
At this stage you can add water or cook the daal on saute / sear mode depending on how thick or thin you want the lentils to be.
Heat oil for tempering (tarkin a small frying pan or wok.
Once the oil is hot, add sliced onion followed by the garlic 2 minutes late Cook till golden brown. Make sure they don’t burn.
Add the mint leaves and lemon juice to the daal, and stir. Let the daal cook for a minute and then pour the onion and garlic tempering over the hot lentils.
Serve hot with rice or roti.
