“Moong Dal “ From Moni's Kitchen
My blog this time is to do with cooking , a recipe which to my surprise was made within minutes!We had dropped into our friend's house last evening to greet them for Diwali.Though this was a very unplanned visit but eventually turned out to be one of the most loveliest and simplest dinner ever.Trust me ,even a planned dinner could not have been better!
Like Tarla Dalal's recipe, I would name it the “Recipe From Moni's Kitchen”. Yes that's name of my friend who made this dal and let me tell you she cooks amazingly delicious ,mouthwatering , quick and easy to make dishes.
I am not sure how many of you would know about this simple recipe but this was definitely new to me , so I thought I would share this with all those people who relish eating dal everyday but somehow avoid making it, thinking about all hassle of cutting onions and tomatoes!
Ingredients needed:
2 cup ghee roasted Moong dal
4 vertically slitted green chilly
1/2 cup grated coconut
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
Finely chopped ginger
Salt to taste
For garnishing:
3 teaspoon oil
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 /2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
2-3 dry red chilly
2 teaspoon Jeera powder dissolved in water
1 teaspoon ghee
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves.
2-3 Bay Leaf
Procedure:
1.Pressure cook the roasted Moong Dal until it becomes soft.
2.When cooked , add 3 cups of hot boiling water to it.
3.To this mixture , add grated coconut , turmeric powder , green chilly,finely chopped ginger,salt and bring to boil for 5 minutes.
4.In another pan , add oil .When the oil becomes hot,add the red chilly and wait until it changes its color to slight black. Then add , cumin seeds , mustard seeds, fennel seeds,bayleaf and cumin powder dissolved in water to it.
5.Pour this into the Moong Dal mixture and cook it for 5 minutes .
7.Add ghee to the Dal and let it boil for another 5 minutes.
8.Finally add the chopped coriander leaves.
You can serve this Dal with parathas or rice ,
I am sure this is just a beginning of lot more to come and I would share many of her recipes(with her permission , ofcourse )with all of you so that life gets much easier and delicious ,as far as cooking is concerned. This as well serves the purpose of my blog-Keeps It Simple and Smart!
