Akkha Masoor – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Wash and soak masoor for at least 6 hours.
• Transfer the soaked masoor into a pressure cooker.
• Add grated ginger, water, and stir well.
• Close the lid and cook on medium heat until 2 whistles.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add cumin seeds and garlic.
• Stir well and fry until garlic turns nice golden.
• Add onion, red chili powder, kanda lasun masala and mix well.
• You can use any other regular masala instead of kanda lasun masala.
• Fry on medium heat until tomatoes are cooked well and gets mashed with onion for about 3-4 minutes.
• Add cooked masoor. Leave behind 2-3 tbsp cooked masoor behind.
• Add salt and stir well.
• Take the leftover cooked masoor, add water and mash these really good.
• Add mashed masoor in the sabzi and mix well.
• These give the required texture to the sabzi.
• Cover and cook on medium heat for about 7-8 minutes.
• Akkha masoor is already.