Nutritious Moong-Chana dal
One of the most often cooked dish in my kitchen. It is super healthy, nutritious and tastes good.
Ingredients:
For Moong-Chana dal: [for 6 servings]
Moong (Whole Green) dry – 1.5 cup
Chana dal (Split yellow) – ½ cup
Dry Spices:
Whole garam masala – 1 tbsp
Red chili powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
Kasoori Methi -1/2 tbsp
Wet Ingredients for tadka:
Onion -1/2 (finely chopped)
Tomatoes -1 cup (finely chopped)
Ginger – 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
Garlic – 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
Green chili -1 tsp (finely chopped) [Optional]
olive oil – 2 tbsp
Salt as per taste
Method:
1. Wash dry moong and chana together a couple of times.
2. Pressure cook it with turmeric powder, salt and 6 cups of water for 30 minutes on medium heat.
3. For tadka, heat olive oil in a pan. Add whole garam masala. Let it crackle. Then add chopped onions and sauté it, till turns light golden. Add ginger, garlic and chopped green chilies (optional). Cook for 2 minutes.
4. Add chopped tomatoes, red chili powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder in the gravy and let it simmer for 5-6 minutes on medium-low heat.
5. Add the tadka to the cooked moong- chana and add 1 cups of water and simmer it on low heat for 10 minutes.
6. Finally, add kasoori methi and let it simmer for 2 more minutes.
Garnish:
Garnish the Moong-chana dal with freshly chopped cilantro and serve with halved lemons.
Enjoy with fresh naan, paratha or steamed basmati rice.
Nice I love to eat every day
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what is the difference between whole garam masala and the powder masala?
Whole garam masala contains all the spices as their original dried forms i.e seeds, leaves, flower etc., where as powder has everything in the powdered form.
That looks so yummy!
Thanks, Denise.
How are you doing? I did receive the platter and yummy cookies. Thanks a lot.
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