Cooking | How to cook dal (Yellow lentils) and freeze it for later use

Are you a working mom or a working dad or somebody who is very busy , who loves to cook. But you don't have the time or patience to cook ?

Don't worry ! Of course you can order from outside or do some instant cooking with those ready to eat packets you buy in the mall.

Or..

You can think of semi instant cooking ideas like the one I mention in this blog.

All you need to do is half the cooking for your favourite dish. Chuck it in the freezer and use it as and when you crave for it.

You need to spend some time on atleast one day in a week to make something which can be used throughout the week or maybe even more!

Bulk cooking helps reduce a lot of your work and makes life much easy.

Trust me.

There are so many things you can bulk cook and store in the refrigerator or freezer .

Toor dal or yellow lentils is one such item which can be cooked in bulk and stored for the whole week.

Whats more?

Toor dal is very nutritious for you.
And once you have cooked it you can use it in any recipe you choose.

To do this you need :

- 1 glass/cup/pav toor dal
- 2 glasses of water
- 1 tsp turmeric powder


Method:

1. Take one glass of toor dal and add it into your steel container.
2. Wash it well nd add two glasses of water.
3. Cover it with a lid .
4. Take your pressure cooker add around 2 to 3 cups of water and place the cooker plate.
5. Place the container with dal inside the pressure cooker on top of the plate.
6. Place the pressure cooker on the gas stove and switch on the gas.
7. Keep the flame on high .
8. Wait for the steam to start coming out and then put the whistle cap.
9. Wait for one whistle on high heat.
10. Next reduce the heat and count six whistles on low heat.
11. Switch off the gas.
12. Wait for ten to fifteen minutes so that the pressure cooker cools down a bit.
13. Remove the cooker whistle cap.
14. Open the lid and take out your cooked dal.
15. Mix it well with a laddle or a beater.
16. You can directly use this cooked dal for your dish or transfer the contents into a freezer safe container and place it in the freezer.

You can buy the pressure cooker which I use here:
Prestige Deluxe Plus Hard Anodized Outer Lid Pressure Cooker, 5 Litres, Black

Check out my video below where I show you how to cook dal.

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