Phiki Dal - Mild Lentil Soup
A simple and tasty lentil soup made with split pigeon lentils , garlic and green chillies based on Indian cuisine and perfect for lunch or dinners and served with rice or rotis
Servings: 10
Calories: 127kcal
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 2 cups Toor dal
- 3 green chilies Thai
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 3 big garlic pods finely chopped
- 1 tsp salt or to taste
- 1 cup coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
- Pressure cook the dal with double the amount of water, turmeric and green chilies.
- When the steam is released, open the pressure cooker.
- Add water to adjust the consistency of the dal and bring to boil.
- Add the chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves.
- Add salt to taste and switch off the flame.
- For Tempering heat vegetable oil, splutter mustard seeds.
- Add cumin and chopped garlic until it browns.
- Mix it with the cooked dal. That's all. Phiki dal is ready to be served.
- Serve with rice or Rotis!
Notes
- Make sure to brown the garlic, but do not burn it
- Chop coriander leaves very finely and also add curry leaves.
- Reduce the green chillies as per the tolerance level.
- Add water as needed to adjust the consistency of the dal.
- Tuvar dal or split pigeon pea works best for this recipe, but you can also use split yellow moong dal.
Nutrition
Serving: 30g | Calories: 127kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 303mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 116IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg
