Course Dal
Cuisine Indian
Keyword instant pot dal, Instant pot dal tadka, instant pot toor dal
recipe Instant Pot Recipes
Prep Time 4 minutes minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes minutes
Tempering 2 minutes minutes
Total Time 28 minutes minutes
1. This dal can be made very basic by just boiling the lentils with turmeric and salt and tempering it at the end.
2. Adding chopped onion, ginger, garlic and tomatoes makes the dal much more flavorful. You could choose to fry these in oil and then add dal and cook them together.
3. I normally prefer to use less oil in my cooking. Hence I just add the chopped onions, garlic, ginger, green chillies and tomatoes along with the dal and cooking them together. Faster, healthier and delicious.
4. Washing and soaking the dal helps in faster cooking. But most times I don’t have the time to do that and cook it right away.
5. I prefer my dal to be well mashed and slightly thin. You can make it thicker by reducing the quantity of water used.
6. Also doing a quick tadka or tempering on the stove top is much faster. But if you want it to be completely instant pot, then just do the tempering after you remove the cooked dal and add it to it when serving.
7. You can add leafy greens and other vegetables to up the nutritious value of dal. These are best added to cooked dal and then cooked. Else they get overcooked and mushy.
8. Garnish with lemon juice and chopped cilantro.
9. Ghee really adds a lot of flavor to this dal. But feel free to use vegetable oil of choice for dairy free version. I have used 2 tsp. of ghee, if you want lesser fat, use only about 1 tsp. to temper the spices.