Whole Green Moong dal

Whole Green Moong Dal

Whole Moong dal is also known as green bean they are small cylindrical beans with bright green skin. These Green moong beans are very easy
to make, after boiling them they are simmered in with onion tomato tadka and flavored with different spices.

When you are tired of eating everyday dal, make this whole Green Moong dal. It is very nutritious and healthy. Moong beans are most cherished food in Ayurveda. According to Ayurveda, this is the most nutritious beans and very easy to digest.

These whole Moong beans can be eaten raw when sprouted, or could be eaten cooked with the skin on or off. But no matter how you prepare, moong dal is always tasty and an excellent source of valuable nutrients and protein. This dal is a great combination with chapattis.

Ingredients for Dal:

1   Cup whole Green Moong dal
½    Teaspoon Turmeric powder
1 Teaspoon salt or to taste
1 Teaspoon oil
4½  Cups of water

Ingredients for Onion tadka:

1   Medium size onion – finely chopped
2   Teaspoon minced garlic (optional)
1   Medium ripe tomato -chopped
1   Tablespoon fresh grated or fine chopped ginger
1   Medium green chili - chopped
2   Tablespoons chopped coriander leaves
2   Tablespoons vegetable oil (Butter or Ghee)

Ingredients for Cumin Seeds Tadka:

1 Teaspoon cumin seeds
1 Pinch of asafetida
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil ((Butter or Ghee)

Ingredients for Hot chili tadka:

½ Teaspoons crushed red chilies or red chili powder or to your taste
2 Tablespoons melted butter or ghee

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Whole Green Moong Dal

Ingredients for Dal:

Turmeric powder

Water

Salt

Oil

Ingredients for Onion tadka:

Onion-chopped

Garlic-minced

Oil (Butter or Ghee)

Tomato-chopped

Green chili-chopped

Ginger-grated

Coriander leaves -chopped

Ingredients for Cumin Seeds Tadka:

Cumin seeds

Asafetida (Hing)

Oil (Butter or Ghee)

Ingredients for Hot chili tadka:

Red chili powder

Butter or Ghee

.Directions for cooking dal:

1. In a pressure cooker add Dal and wash, changing water several times until the
water appears clear.

In a pressure cooker add whole Moong Dal

Wash whole Moong Dal

2. Soak Dal in 4 cups of water for 30 minutes or longer. (Dal does not fully soak
in 30 Minutes, but if you are cooking in cooker, it does not matter)

Soak Dal in water

3. Once Dal is soaked rinse the water out and wash.

Dal is soaked

Wash and rinse-soaked Dal

Soaked Dal

4. Add 4½ cups of water, turmeric powder, salt and 1 teaspoon of oil and
mix.When dal is boiling it creates lot of foam and the foam comes out from
pressure cooker to prevent that it is a good idea to add little oil.

Add water in soaked Dal

Add Turmeric powder

Add salt

Mix turmeric powder and salt

Add oil and mix

5. Close the lid of the pressure cooker, place the weight on the lid and cook on
medium heat.

Close the pressure cooker

6. In about 8 to 10 minutes pressure cooker will start steaming, turn the heat
    down and cook for 5 minutes.Turn the stove off and wait until steam goes
    down. Different brand of cooker requires different time to cook.

7.   While dal is cooking prepare onion and cumin seed tadka and keep them
       aside. (see below for tadka directions)

8. Open the pressure cooker, turn the stove on medium heat, with the cooking
     spoon mix dal well so there are no lumps. If the Dal is thick then add more
    water if it is too watery then cook little longer.

Open the Pressure cooker

Mix Dal

9. Check if Dal is cooked.

Check if Dal is cooked

10. Cook Dal for few minutes until it is blended well.

Dal is blended well

11. Add onion Tadka in to the Dal and cook for five minutes or until Dal and
Tadka blend well.

Add onion tadka

Mix onion tadka with Dal

Onion Tadka is mixed & cooked with Dal

12. Add cumin seed tadka to the dal and mix. Cook for a minute, turn the stove off or until you have the desired consistency.

Add Cumin Seed Tadka

Mix Cumin Seed Tadka

13. When ready serve, heat Dal add chopped Coriander leaves and mix.

14.Transfer Dal in a serving bowl and pour hot chili tadka over Dal
(see below for hot chili tadka)

Whole Moong Dal is cooked

Add Chopped Coriander leaves

Mix coriander Leaves

Whole Green Moong dal is cooked

Add chili tadka

Whole Green Moong Dal

Tips:

1. If you wish you can skip onion tadka or any other tadka and alter Dal to your
taste.

2. Use pressure cooker for cooking dal otherwise it takes too long to cook dal.

Directions for cumin seeds tadka: (tadka)

1. In a small pan (tadka pan) add 1 tablespoon oil, cumin seeds and asafetida
and fry them for 2 to 3 minutes on medium heat or until cumin seeds become
brown.

In a pan add oil

Add Hing (asafetida )

Add cumin seeds

Cumin seeds are fried

Directions for hot chili tadka: (Hot oil) (tadka)

1. In a small pan (tadka pan) heat 2 tablespoons ghee or melted butter add
crushed red chilies or red chili powder and fry them on very low heat for
1 to 2 minutes or until the red chilies fried, turn the heat off.

Add ghee or Butter in the pan

Add chili powder

Directions for onion tadka: (tadka)

1. Heat small frying pan, add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, chopped onions and
    minced garlic and sauté them on medium high heat for 5 to 6 minutes or until
    onions become light brown, while frequently stirring them. (Instead of oil you
   can use butter or Ghee)

In a pan add oil, onions & garlic

Sauté onion and garlic

2. Add chopped Tomatoes, chopped green chilies and grated ginger and cook.

Onions become light brown

Add chopped tomatoes

Add green chilies & grated ginger

Mix all the ingredients

3. With the spatula try to mash the tomatoes so that they become soft quickly,
in 5 to 6 minutes tomatoes will become soft and blend with onions. Turn the
stove off.

With spatula mash Tomatoes

Onion tadka is ready

Please take the time to let me know what you think about my recipe. Your comments would be helpful to me to improve the recipe.

Thank you

Geeta Seth

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