moong dal recipe | moong dal tadka | restaurant style yellow moong dal
easy moong dal recipe | moong dal tadka | restaurant style yellow moong dal
Servings 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 inch ginger finely chopped
- ½ onion finely chopped
- 1 green chilli slit
- 1 to mato finely chopped
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup moong dal
- 3 cup water
for tempering / tadka:
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera
- 4 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 inch ginger julienne
- 1 dried kashmiri red chilli
- ¼ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- firstly in a cooker heat 2 tbsp oil and saute ½ onion.
- also saute 1 inch ginger and 1 green chilli.
- additionally saute 1 tomato till it turns soft and mushy.
- add in ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp salt and saute.
- now add ¾ cup washed moong-dal and 3 cup water.
- mix well making sure everything is combined well.
- cover and pressure cook on medium flame for 1-2 whistles.
- open and check the dal once pressure is released. do not mash.
- now prepare the tadka and pour the tempering over dal along with 2 tbsp coriander leaves and 1 tbsp lemon juice.
- finally, mix the moong-dal tadka and serve with hot rice / roti.