Moong Dal Tadka 

Bored to eat regular Dal and want something different and easy then do try this very easy Moong Dal Tadka. 


Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of yellow moong dal 
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1 chopped tomato
  • 1 teaspoon of ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tej patta
  • 2 cloves and 1 small piece of dal chini 
  • 1/2 teaspoon of jeera and mustard seeds
  • 2 pinch of hing 
  • 1 teaspoon of haldi, Kashmiri red chilli powder 
  • 1/2 teaspoon of dhania jeera powder 
  • 1 big size aachari mirchi
  • 3 tablespoon of oil (as there is double tadka)
  • Salt to taste 
  • 1 teaspoon of Kasuri methi 
  • 1.5 to 2 cups of water 
  • Curry leaves 
  • Dhania leaves 
  • 1/2 teaspoon of jaggery or sugar and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice (this is completely optional. I put them as jaggery or sugar enhances flavour of all the spices and lemon juice add nice fresh flavour to dal)

Method: 
  • Wash the dal, add water, salt of dal portion, 1/2 teaspoon of haldi and cook the dal on a low flame.  You can pressure cook as well but moong dal don't take much time to cook. 
  • When it comes to water always add 1.5 cup of water for 1 cup of dal first and gradually add half cup more water. Don't add too much water in the beginning or else dal will become very mushy 
  • In a another pan heat the oil, 1 tablespoon of oil,  add bay leaves, ginger garlic paste, onion salt of onion the veggies portion. Cook till onion becomes translucent and remove the bay leaf 
  • Add tomatoes, dhania jeera powder and cook on low flame 
  • Once the onion tomato is cooked add to the dal, kasuri methi, jaggery/sugar and mix all well.  Boil the dal on low flame for 4-5 mins. Close the gas add lemon juice and dhania to the dal. Don't cook the dal after adding lemon juice. 
  • For the tadka take 2 tablespoon of oil, add jeera, mustard seeds, cloves and dal chini once they fluttering add add curry leaves, chop aachari hari mirch, 1 teaspoon of Kashmir chilli powder and cook the tadka for 2 mins.  Finally add hing and close the gas
  • Pour the dal in a serving bowl and now pour the tadka. Serve hot with rice or roti.




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