Indian

Indian Moong Dal

A community recipe for Indian Moong Dal, adapted from the collaboratively edited Wikibooks Cookbook.

4 servings
Easy difficulty
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Gather

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Moong dal
  • 3 Green Chiles
  • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1½ cups Water
  • As needed Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp Oil or ghee
  • 1 sprig Curry Leaves
  • 1 tsp Jeera (Cumin)

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Combine the dal, green chillies, turmeric powder, and water in a pressure cooker. Cook for 15 minutes, then leave the pressure cooker to release steam on its own.

  2. 2

    Open the pressure cooker and mash the cooked dal. Add salt to taste. Add more water if it is too thick and heat over a medium heat.

  3. 3

    Heat oil or ghee in a frying pan, then add jeera and curry leaves. After it splutters, pour it over the cooked dal.

  4. 4

    Serve hot with rice or rotis.

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Source & rights

Where this recipe comes from

Adapted from “Indian Moong Dal” by Wikibooks contributors, revision 4515496, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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