Moong dal- a quick and healthy recipe

 When I need something light for lunch or dinner; something unpretentious and yet fulfilling, then I always end up making Dal- roti . Simple, delicious and easy to make.

So here is a super easy and quick version of moong dal.

Makes about 2 bowls of dal

Ingredients:
Yellow moong dal/ washed or shelled green gram - 1/2 Katori
Ghee- 1tsp
Jeera- 1/4tsp
Heeng (asafoetida)- a pinch
Tomato- 1 small, chopped

Method:

1. Wash the dal thoroughly. Rinse 3-4 times. 
2. Soak in clean water for 10 min (optional).
3. Put a pressure cooker on flame. Pour 1tsp ghee.
4. Add heeng and jeera. When jeera starts to sizzle than add tomatoes.
5. Now add the soaked dal. Add about 1 and 1/2 katori of water.
6. Close the lid and put the whistle on.
7. After about 2-3 whistles. Switch off the flame and let the pressure cooker cool down.
8. Garnish with a few coriander sprigs (optional) and serve with hot chapatis.

Enjoy !

Panchmel dal (mom's recipe)/ Five lentil mix

My mom is expert in vegetarian cooking and used to make a lot of varieties, which I appreciate more and more now. Sometimes a seemingly simple recipe is so delicious and requires so little effort that you are surprised by it. So when I asked my mom what to cook ( yeah, I keep poking for ideas), she told me this recipe.

Panchmel dal /five lentil mix

Ingredients

1. Split green gram dal-1/4 cup
2. Chana dal- 1/4 cup
3. Washed yellow moong dal- 1/4 cup
4. Washed urad dal- 1 tbsp
5. Toor/arhar  dal -1/4 cup
6. Ginger- 1" piece,grated
7. Onion-1, medium, chopped
8. Green chillies-1 chopped
10. Salt to taste and turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

For tadka/tempering

1. Garlic-2 cloves sliced thinly
2. Heeng/asafoetida- 1 pinch
3. Jeera/cumin seeds- 1 tsp 
4. Ghee/ clarified butter- 1/2 Tbsp

Method

1. Take all the dals in a container and wash them thoroughly.
2. Put these together in a pressure cooker and add water.
3. Add ginger, chopped onions, green chillies, salt & turmeric powder.
4. Cook on high flame till 2 whistles and then on medium low flame for few minutes till its done.
5. For tadka, heat ghee in a tadka pan.
6. Add jeera and heeng. When the jeera sizzles , add sliced garlic.
7. Sauté for a few minutes.
8. Pour the tadka contents in the cooked dal and stir.
9. Heat for a few seconds and serve hot with roti/ indian flatbread.