Akkha masoor recipe with bit by bit photographs – flavored entire red lentils or masoor dal dish from the Kolhapuri food.
The masoor dish was essentially marvelous and we took a couple of additional servings of the equivalent. It was not by any stretch zesty. From that point onwards I needed to attempt the recipe.
I don’t have any idea how the credible recipe is made. I made this akkha masoor recipe recalling the taste, fragrance and kinds of the akkha masoor which we had. This recipe came extremely near the first one.
I have made this recipe marginally fiery and hot, which are trademark flavor variables of Kolhapuri food. Nonetheless, in the event that you need you can either diminish or build the heat by adding less or a greater amount of the flavor powders.
I had Kolhapuri masala, yet I have not made the recipe with it. I maintained that the recipe should be effortlessly made by everybody, with the fixings typically tracked down in Indian kitchens.
Thus I have utilized garam masala powder alongside ground simmered dried up coconut and sesame seeds. assuming you have goda masala or amti masala you can add them likewise rather than garam masala powder.
The recipe is a semi dry variant. however you can likewise make a dry dish.
Serve this akkha masoor with chapatis or with steamed rice.
Instructions to make Kolhapuri style akkha masoor
1. Flush ½ cup entire masoor dal very well in water two or multiple times.
2. Then take the washed masoor lentils in a strain cooker alongside 1 cup water. Pressure cook for 10 to 11 minutes or for 4 to 5 whistles.
3. At the point when the tension descends all alone, eliminate the top and really look at the lentils. The lentils ought to be cooked well yet isolated. They ought not be soft. On the off chance that you get a slight chomp in them, pressure cook for 1 to 2 whistles more.
4. At the point when the lentils are cooking, heat up a little skillet and add 1 tbsp sesame seeds. On a low fire cook the sesame seeds briefly or till they change tone and begin to pop.
5. Then add 3 tbsp parched coconut.
6. On a low fire, with a constant mix, cook both the fixings, till the coconut becomes brilliant.
7. eliminate and keep to the side.
8. when this combination turns out to be warm or chills off, add them to a dry processor.
9. without adding water, drudgery to a fine combination. keep to the side.
Making masala base for akkha masoor
10. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a dish and add â…“ cup finely slashed onion.
11. Mix and saute on a low to medium fire till the onions begin to become light brilliant.
12. Then add 1 tsp ginger-garlic glue.
13. Mix and saute till the crude fragrance of ginger-garlic disappears.
14. Next add ½ cup hacked tomatoes.
15. Mix and saute the tomatoes till they mellow and become thick.
16. Presently add ¼ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, ½ tsp garam masala powder, 1 tsp red bean stew powder and 1 tsp coriander powder. You can likewise add ½ tsp goda masala or Kolhapuri masala rather than garam masala.
17. Mix and blend well.
18. Then, at that point, add 2 tbsp cleaved coriander leaves. Blend once more.
19. Add the ground sesame seeds + parched coconut combination.
20. Blend and mix once more.
21. Add the cooked masoor dal alongside ½ cup of the stock in which the masoor dal was pressure cooked. In the event that the stock is less, add generally speaking a half cup of the stock + water. You can likewise add ½ cup water.
22. Season with salt.
23. Mix well.
24. Stew on a low to medium fire without a cover for 5 to 6 minutes.
25. At the point when you see oil drifting on the top, the curry is finished. I kept some sauce in the recipe, which seems as though a great deal of sauce, yet is really not. For a totally dry curry, add less water and cook till all the water vanishes.
26. Embellish with some slashed coriander leaves and Serve Kolhapuri style akkha masoor hot for certain delicate chapatis, bajra roti or jowar roti or steamed rice. You can likewise have akkha masoor with bread or pav.
Akkha Masoor (Kolhapuri Style)
Fixings
For Pressure Cooking Lentils
▢½ cup entire masoor dal (entire pink or red or orange lentils)
â–¢1 cup water for pressure cooking
For Grinding
â–¢1 tablespoon sesame seeds
â–¢3 tablespoon parched coconut
Different Ingredients
â–¢2 tablespoon nut oil or sunflower oil
â–¢1 medium onion – finely hacked or â…“ cup finely slashed onion
â–¢1 teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste
â–¢1 medium to huge tomato – slashed or ½ cup hacked tomatoes
â–¢2 tablespoon hacked coriander leaves
â–¢1 teaspoon red stew powder
â–¢1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
▢½ teaspoon cumin powder
▢½ teaspoon Garam Masala or kolhapuri masala or goda masala
▢¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
▢½ cup water added later
â–¢salt as required
Directions
Pressure Cooking Lentils
- Wash 1/2 cup entire masoor dal very well in water multiple times.
- Then, at that point, take the washed masoor lentils in a strain cooker alongside 1 cup water. Pressure cook for 10 to 11 minutes or for 4 to 5 whistles.
- At the point when the strain descends all alone, eliminate the top and actually take a look at the lentils. The lentils ought to be cooked well yet isolated. They ought not be soft. On the off chance that you get a slight nibble in them, pressure cook for 1 to 2 whistles more.
- Simmering And Grinding
- At the point when the lentils are cooking, heat up a little container and add 1 tbsp sesame seeds. Cook the sesame seeds on a low fire till they chage variety and begin to pop.
- Then add 3 tbsp parched coconut.
- On a low fire, with a nonstop mix, cook both the fixings, till the coconut becomes brilliant. Eliminate and keep to the side.
- When this blend turns out to be warm or chills off, add them to a dry processor.
- Without adding water, drudgery to a fine blend. Keep to the side.
Making Akkha Masoor
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a skillet and add 1/3 cup finely slashed onion.
• Mix and saute on a low to medium fire till the onions begin to become light brilliant.
• Then add 1 tsp ginger-garlic glue. Mix and saute till the crude fragrance of ginger-garlic disappears.
• Next add 1/2 cup cleaved tomatoes.
• Mix and saute the tomatoes till they relax and become thick.
• Presently add 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp cumin powder, 1/2 tsp garam masala powder, 1 tsp red stew powder and 1 tsp coriander powder.
• Mix and blend well.
• Then add 2 tbsp cleaved coriander leaves. Blend once more.
• Add the ground sesame seeds + parched coconut blend.
• Blend and mix once more.
• Add the cooked masoor dal alongside 1/2 cup of the stock in which the masoor dal was pressure cooked. On the off chance that the stock is less, add generally speaking a half cup of the stock + water. You can likewise add 1/2 cup water.
• Season with salt. Mix well.
• Stew on a low to medium fire without a top for 5 to 6 minutes.
• At the point when you see oil drifting on the top, the curry is finished. For a dry curry, add less water and cook till all the water dissipates.
• Embellish with some hacked coriander leaves and serve kolhapuri style akkha masoor hot for certain delicate chapatis, bajra or jowar rotis or steamed rice.
• You can likewise have akkha masoor with bread or pav.