Easiest Way to Make Perfect Tetor Dal (Bitter Gourd Dal / Lentil)

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, tetor dal (bitter gourd dal / lentil). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tetor dal (bitter gourd dal / lentil) using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Tetor Dal (Bitter Gourd Dal / Lentil):

1. Get 1/2 cup moong dal (split yellow / green gram)
2. Make ready 1/2 cup raw papaya, cubed
3. Take 1 small bittergourd, sliced
4. Get 3 tbsp. mustard oil
5. Take 2 whole dry red chilies, broken
6. Prepare 2 bay leaves
7. Take 1/2 tsp. panch phoron (equal quantity of fennel, mustard, cumin, fenugreek and nigella (kalonji) seeds)
8. Take 1 tsp. ginger, finely chopped
9. Take to taste salt
10. Make ready 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
11. Make ready 1 tsp. ghee (clarified butter)

Steps to make Tetor Dal (Bitter Gourd Dal / Lentil):

1. Dry roast the moong dal till light brown. Soak in water for 15-20 minutes. Pressure cook along with the papaya cubes in 1 cup water for 3-4 whistles. Open the lid after it cools down.
2. Heat oil and temper with the broken red chilies and panch phoron. After it stops spluttering, add the ginger and Bay leaves and saute for a few seconds.
3. Now add the bitter gourd and fry till light brown.
4. Add the boiled dal, salt, turmeric powder and 1/2 cup water.
5. Bring it to a boil and simmer on low flame for 2-3 minutes. Add ghee and mix well. Serve hot with plain steamed rice.

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