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

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

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

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

1. Take 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. Take 3 tbsp. mustard oil
5. Get 2 whole dry red chilies, broken
6. Take 2 bay leaves
7. Take 1/2 tsp. panch phoron (equal quantity of fennel, mustard, cumin, fenugreek and nigella (kalonji) seeds)
8. Make ready 1 tsp. ginger, finely chopped
9. Prepare to taste salt
10. Take 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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