Moong dal ka shorba
Simple and easy to prepare lentil soup with ingredients right off your pantry. Perfect comfort food for chilly wintry nights.
Servings: 6 PEOPLE
Calories: 120kcal
Ingredients
FOR DAL
- 3/4 cup Yellow Moong Dal
- 1/4 cup Chopped bottle gourd (lauki) (optional)
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 small piece of Ginger
- 1 teaspoon Haldi (Turmeric powder)
- - - Season to taste
- 1.5 cup Water
- 1 small Chopped green Chilies (optional)
SPICES
- 1 tablespoon Crushed red chili flakes or Red chili powder (adjust according to taste)
- 1 tablespoon Coarsely crushed black peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 1/2 cup Water ( to dilute the soup, add more if needed)
TEMPERING
- 2 teaspoon Ghee/butter
- 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
GARNISHES
- - - Chopped cilantro leaves - to garnish
- - - Roasted cumin seeds (crush and sprinkle on top)
Instructions
- Let's begin by assembling ingredients for dal.
- Chopped Bottle gourd. Feel free to add veggies of your choice - carrots, zucchini, broccoli, and asparagus.
- Clean and wash dal.
- In a pressure cooker add all the ingredients listed under "FOR DAL" and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles (approximately 10-15 minutes in a closed cooker without whistles).
- Using a hand blender, puree the dal.
- Adjust the consistency of the dal by adding extra water. Set it aside.
- Assemble: rest of the ingredients.
- Add black peppercorns powder, red chili flakes and pour in lemon juice. Mix it well.
- In a pan heat ghee/butter and add cumin seeds. As it starts to crackle take it off the flame.
- Pour this tempering over hot dal puree.
- Mix and adjust seasonings as per taste and allow it to simmer for 3-4 minutes on low flame, stirring continuously.
- Feel free to add cream on top, sprinkle cilantro leaves and some crushed roasted cumin seeds.
- Serve hot with the choice of bread.
Notes
How to cook Dal Ka Shorba in the Instant Pot?
For hands-free cooking, pressure cook lentils, and vegetables for 8 minutes on HIGH pressure. Wait for the pressure to release naturally. As the pin drops, open the Instant Pot and 'PULSE' the soup until thick and creamy.
Variations!
- Don't have a liking for bottle gourd, no worries. Sub bottle gourd with any vegetable like carrots, zucchini, broccoli, and asparagus.
- Moong dal or yellow lentils can be swapped with the lentils of your choice but cooking time will vary.
- Non-vegans can top their shorba with regular cream.
- Feel free to season this shorba with your favorite spices.
Nutrition
Calories: 120kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 341mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 465IU | Vitamin C: 3.1mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 2.4mg