Green Moong Dal is a healthy and comforting curry made by cooking overnight soaked green moong dal with spice powders & onion and tomato. Green Moong Dal is divinely tasty and could be made quickly with soaked dal.
Ingredients
1/2 cup green gram
10 nos small onion chopped
1 country tomato roughly chopped
1/2 tbsp coriander leaves for garnish
salt to taste
2 and 1/2 cups water
To Temper
2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp jeera
2 nos garlic
few curry leaves
1/2 tsp whole pepper
Spice Powders
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 heaped tsp coriander powder
Method
- Dry roast green gram in a kadai in low flame for at least 3-5 mins. Cool down, rinse it and set aside.
- In a pressure cooker heat oil - add jeera let it crackle then add curry leaves and garlic. Saute for few seconds then add chopped small onion.
- Saute till transparent. Then add tomato, pepper corns saute until it shrinks.
- Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder. Saute for a minute then add rinsed and drained green gram.
- Saute for a minute. Add water and pressure cook for 6 whistles in low medium flame.
- Let pressure release by itself , open switch on and mash it using a traditional mathu until its mashed well with whole green gram here and there.
- Add salt and coriander leaves. Let it for a quick boil and switch off. Serve Green Moong Dal with rice or chapathi!